Banana Lollipops
By: Melissa Peterman
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




2 mediums Extra-ripe Bananas
3/4 cup Brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup Margarine, softened
1 Egg
1 3/4 cups Quick-cooking oats
1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups  Raisins
1 cup  Chopped Almonds
48 Wooden popsicle sticks (opt)

Preparation

1 Place bananas in blender. Process until pureed; sue 1 cup for recipe. 2 Beat brown sugar and margarine in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then 1 cup banana. 3 Combine oats, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in small bowl; stir into banana mixture just until blended. Stir in raisins and almonds. 4 Drop by 2 heaping tablespoonfuls, 2" apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Push popsicle stick into center of each, if desired. Flatten tops of cookies with back of spoon. 5 Bake in 350'F. oven 15-18 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. 6 Makes 3 1/2 to 4 dozen cookies.