Banana Spice Lemon Drops

Title:
Banana Spice Lemon Drops

Yield:
3 Dozen

Categories:
Cookies,
Holidays




Ingredients:





     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 **


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini