Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

*1/2 cup Sugar

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup Butter Flavored Shortening

*1 Egg, room temperature

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 

*1 cup Ripe mashed Bananas, about 3 medium

*1 and 1/2 cups Flour, sifted

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 cup Old Fashion Rolled Oats

*3/4 cup Quick Oats

*2 cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips or I like Ghirardelli Bitter Sweet Chocolate Chips, more like little chocolate wafers and add as many chips as desired

Directions:

Preheat oven 350*F.

Cream together in a bowl the sugar, brown sugar, butter and shortening.  Then add the egg and vanilla and mix until totally combined.

Stir in the mashed bananas into the creamed mixture, until incorporated.

Sift together in a bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Stir 1/3 of the flour mixture into the creamed banana mixture, mix until combined.

Stir in Oatmeal and Chocolate Chips.

Use a cookie scoop, I used 2 tablespoon cookie scoop made 27 cookies.

Scoop 6 cookies per Silpat covered 1/2 baking sheet or use parchment paper. 

Bake in a 350*F.  12 to 15 minutes.  Allow cookies to set 1 or 2 minutes then cool cookies on cooling rack. 

Enjoy!

Lindy