Banana Oatmeal Cookies Ii

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, cream together shortening and brown sugar. Beat in egg and mashed banana, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves; stir into the banana mixture. Mix in rolled oats and walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Leave room for spreading.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

shortening, brown sugar, egg, mashed ripe banana, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, rolled oats, walnuts

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17983/banana-oatmeal-cookies-ii/ (may not work)