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Title: Banana Spice Lemon Drops
Categories: Cookie Holiday
Yield: 3 Dozen
| 2 | c | Flour; all-purpose |
| 1 | ts | Baking soda |
| 1/4 | ts | Ground cinnamon |
| 1/8 | ts | Ground cloves |
| 6 | tb | Butter or margarine; divided |
| 1 | c | Brown sugar; packed |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | lg | Banana; mashed (about 2/3c) |
| Non-stick cooking spray | ||
| 2 | c | Powdered sugar |
| 3 | tb | Lemon juice |
Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a small bowl; set aside.
Beat 4 tablespoons margarine. brown sugar and egg in large bowl until blended. Stir in banana. Add flour mixture; stir until well-blended.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray, 1 inch apart.
Bake at 375 degrees 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Remove to wire rack; let cool completely.
Beat remaining margarine, powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in small bowl until smooth. adding more lemon juice, if needed. Spread frosting over cooled cookies.
Nutritional analysis per cookie: 97 calories, 2 grams fat, 19 grams carbohydrates, 6 milligrams cholesterol, 62 milligrams sodium, 11 percent of calories from fat.
** Fort Worth Star Telegram -- Food section -- 29 November 1995 **
Posted by The WEE Scot -- paul macGregor
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