Recipe: Panecillos de Plantano (Banana Cookies)

Panecillos de Plantano (Banana Cookies)

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
4 Tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup milk
2 bananas
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add butter, mix well, add milk and stir only till dampened.

Roll to one-half thickness. Cut into cookies about two inches in diameter and place on a greased cookie sheet.

Slice bananas one-half inch thick, dip pieces in lemon juice and then in sugar and place a slice on each cookie, pressing it down.

Bake twelve minutes, or until golden brown.

Yields three dozen.