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  • 2 1/4 cup sifted flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed bananas (about 2-3 over ripe bananas)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon ( to sprinkle on top)
  • 1 TBSP sugar ( to sprinkle on top )
  • ( optional but recommended is adding 6 oz chocolate chips)

Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda.  Cut in shortening.  Add eggs, bananas, and vanilla.  Mix until blended.  Drop by spoonfuls on a ungreased cookie sheet.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.  Bake at 400 deg. about 12 min.

My Great-Grandma Cole made these all the time.  They were one of my favorities as a child.

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