Apple butter prepared using a slow cooker. It is THE BEST ever, according to my friends! For our neighborhood high school football team, we named ours “Panther Butter”!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 3 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 banana
- 1 ¾ cups rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Cut in the shortening, until the mixture appears mealy. Stir in the egg, mashed banana and oatmeal until well blended. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheet to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 99 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 84 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Yummmmm! These disappeared so quickly. They are easy, and delicious. This recipe is a keeper. I made the following tweaks: Whole wheat flour Butter instead of shortening Doubled the nutmeg and cinnamon, and added a second banana
I made this recipe using SILLYSARAHC123’s changes of adding a banana and increasing the spices. The cookies turned out delicious. I’ll add walnuts next time and bump up the spice level even more.
I thought these were pretty bland as written. They were a little like bread in consistency. Maybe they’d be better with some chocolate chips or more spices, but I think there are better recipes out there.
These cookies do not last long after they come out of the oven. I have also made this the healthier version by replacing all the oil with applesauce and I increased the applesauce to 1 cup. I add cloves as well. These are soooo good and completely guilt free.
Great recipe! Thanks for posting.
I added walnuts and raisins to above recipe per others’ suggestions and the outcome was more about delicious and nutritious mini-banana bread rather than the usual oatmeal cookies. I baked these for my boss who will be having surgery tomorrow. I’d been trying to find something with redeeming qualities and this recipe did. They make great “breakfast cookies”. Oh, that reminds me, I substituted my homemade applesauce for 1/3 of the shortening (unsalted butter in my case).
Followed some changes by sillysarah. I used 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, 1/4 tsp pumpkin spice, I used 3/4 white flour 3/4 wheat flour. A capful of vanilla, I used 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup Splenda added 4 oz applesauce. Had a really good flavor but didn’t seem cooked enough. Next batch I flattened & much better
These cookies came out great! I followed the basic recipe but used brown sugar instead of white and added raisins and dried fruit. The Banana made the cookie super moist but you can taste the banana. It was very quick and I loved that! This is a great basic recipe to add things and make it your own.
I don’t know if it was some thing I did or what, but my cookies tasted more like cake patties… I didnt’ like this recipe too much at all.
Great way to use up my over-ripe bananas! I used 2 bananas, increased the cinnamon to 1 tsp, and added a splash of vanilla. Next time I will substitute applesauce for the shortening to make them a little healthier.
Tasty little cookies high in fiber and healthy fats. These were gobbled up crazy fast by my gym nut boyfriend! Super easy to make! Great alternative to banana bread for those less-than-ripe bananas.
I made mine with shortening as per the instructions and my cookies did not flatten at all. For flat cookies, butter is a must. Anyway, I used two bananas and creamed them with the shortening and sugar. i doubled the spices as well and added an icing sugar glaze (just dipped the rounded cookes into the glaze).
They were pretty tasty and had a nice texture to them. They were especially great for breakfast. (:
I just made this recipe today and they are great! I split my batch and made half with chocolate chips and half with peanut butter chips. I made a few testers first with no chips added as well. My boyfriend likes the chocolate ones but I actually prefer the ones with nothing added. They are excellent cookies just as is. They are like mini, light, moist banana breads, so good! The peanutbutter chip ones were good too if you like pb and banana.
These cookies are splendid! I used whole wheat flour, and added some wheat germ and flax seeds. They were slightly dry, so I added a few tablespoons of water to the dough. I suggest to flatten them before putting them in the oven. Thanks for posting!
Turned out perfect the first time, and tasted great! I added some raisins and an extra banana as they were a bit small. will make again!
best hot out of the oven made less fattening by subsituting 1/2 cup of shortening for applesauce. yummy.
So so good! I didn’t have nutmeg so i used ground cloves and added some vanilla extract. i only made 12 but next time, i’m definitely making 36!
i need to try this recipe again before i really rate it with stars. i read reviews and tried using this recipe in an altered state and i made cakies not cookies. i doubled the spices which was good i doubled the banana and egg and they are very cake like, they taste more like banana bread then cookies this way. i substituted splenda and that always works out well. i also split the splenda with brown sugar and not sure how that worked since i made the batter very cake like. so the two star is really my bad not the recipe and i will try this recipe again and re-review it.
Would be a good breakfast cookie. Next time I make it I will try half whole wheat flour, 1/4 of shortening for apple sauce, raisins, and more spices! My 17 month old son loved these and they are more healthy than the other cookies I have made. UPDATE: I make these whenever I have a leftover brown banana. I use the apple sauce, butter instead of shortening, lots of raisins, sometimes I even add chopped dried apple .
These were great cookies! I adjusted somethings for my taste. I used 1 cup of wheat flour and 1/2 cup white, and I used 1/2 brown and 1/2 white sugar. I also doubled the spices, egg, and banana. I felt the dough would need extra moisture b/c of the wheat flour. In half of the cookies I added about 1/2 cup of raisins. Walnuts (If I had some) would have been awesome too. These are going to be a great breakfast cookie. I’m also wondering how it would be with carrot puree added. May try that next.