Recipe: Banana Bread Cookies (with chocolate chips and nuts)

BANANA BREAD COOKIES

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 banana, sliced
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 to 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks (or chocolate chips)
1/2 to 1 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped (or walnuts)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat butter, brown sugar, baking soda and salt together in bowl until fluffy. Beat in eggs, banana, and vanilla until blended and banana is mashed. Beat in flour until blended.

Stir in chocolate and nuts. Drop tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 12 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely.

Makes 40 cookies