Mmmmm yummy cookies.

At a request from Liz's mom, we spent the afternoon making banana drop cookies with banana frosting. Because they are absolutely freaking delicious, I'm going to share the recipe with you. Let me know if you make them.

Anyway, you're going to need some ingredients first.

For the cookies, you need:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (I used whole wheat flour)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 medium bananas)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

For the icing (optional, but highly recommended, it's delicious)

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup mashed banana (one small banana)
• 2 tablespoons softened butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

To start, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make sure you check the oven, someone might have filled it with pots and pans while you weren't looking. Use some shortening and grease a baking sheet. Then, mix together the dry ingredients.

Then, use an electric mixer to beat the butter for about 30 seconds. It's seriously fun, as nerdy as that sounds. Mama P's mixer lets you set the speed and time so you can walk away from it while it mixes, but where's the fun in that? Once you've beaten the butter, add the sugar and beat it until it gets fluffy.

Then, add the eggs and vanilla to the mixer and beat for a while.

Then, take turns adding the banana and the dry ingredients. Beat well in between each addition. Then, eat the dough.

Alternatively, you can continue making the cookies by chopping up the walnuts and adding them to the dough.

The original recipe says to drop them by teaspoon full onto the cookie sheet. I think that makes ridiculously tiny cookies, so I use a tablespoon instead. Then, bake them for about nine minutes.

While the first batch is baking, you can make the icing. First, sift the powdered sugar. Put the sugar into the sifter, then tap it against your hand until all of the sugar falls through.

Then, mix the rest of the ingredients together.

Once the cookies are finished baking, take them off of the tray. I let mine cool on a wire rack, but if you don't have one you can just lay them out on paper towels. Don't leave them on the tray, they'll stick like gum on the bottom of a new pair of pumps. After they cool, spread the icing on top. Then, share them with a friend. Haha, just kidding. They keep just fine in the freezer, so you can hoard them.

The cookies won't turn out right unless you rock out while you make them. Turn on some music and go nuts. Enjoy your cookies, and peace out.