Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (right) and Cherry Slice (left)

This is an easy, delicious cookie recipe. The first time me and my sister made it we put in 1 and 1/2 cups of cinnamon and nutmeg, not enough butter, and we made the oven smoke! The only person home was my uncle in the garage. My aunt came home just in time to find the oven smoking!

Ingredients for Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup margarine
1 egg, beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 medium)
1 3/4 cup quick oatmeal
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add egg, bananas, quick oatmeal, and chocolate chips, mixing well. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.


This recipe is really good. I made it when my friend from Mexico came to visit.

Ingredients for Cherry Slice:
1/2 lb. soft margarine (1 cup)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
4 large eggs
2 1/2 cups white flour
1 tin cherry pie filling (you can use any other pie filling if you want)

Cream margarine and sugar with an electric beater; add vanilla and almond extract. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add flour one cup at a time and beat well after each.
Grease a 10 by 15 by 1 cookie sheet. Spread 2/3 of the batter over the bottom. Then drop pie filling here and there, spread lightly. Then drop the rest of the batter in by spoonfuls and just spread it very lightly. Bake at 350 F for 25 to 40 minutes until golden brown. You can drizzle on a thin icing over the cherry slice while still warm. This recipe is very good warm, but I prefer it cold.