Oatmeal Banana Raisin Coconut Cookies

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 11 min
Servings: 48
Yield: 48 servings

Description

These oatmeal banana cookies are studded with chewy raisins and delicious flaked coconut. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves add just the right amount of spice!

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups margarine
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
3 cups rolled oats
2 ripe bananas, sliced
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 cup flaked coconut

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2 In a large bowl, cream together margarine, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into creamed mixture until well blended. Stir in oats, bananas, raisins, and coconut, one at a time using a wooden spoon. Drop by rounded spoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3 Bake for 11 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.