Banana Sunflower Seed Cookies
November 17th, 2010 § 4 Comments
Before I get to the cookies: Did you watch Glee last night? Gwyneth killed it! I was worried that she’d be self-conscious and awkward, but she totally wasn’t. I loved the first number she performed (Cee-lo Green’s song “F You”). You could see how excited the Glee kids were to be working with her. So much fun. The Broadway number that she sang with Rachel was also great. She’s not the most elegant dancer in the world, but her voice is really good and you could tell that her heart was in this show 110%. I don’t think I stopped smiling the whole hour.
It’s the first episode in quite a while that I thought was worth watching. I was let down by the “Rocky Horror” episode, and some other recent episodes have been either meh or huh? You know what I mean?
I actually loved Mr. Schuester’s “Make ‘Em Laugh” number. It’s likely the first time that one of his performances hasn’t made me cringe and want to take a hot shower to scrub the creepiness off of me with a Brillo pad. (The funk song he sings to Sue Sylvester in the funk episode kind of makes me want to curl up into a ball and die. Same goes for the “Rocky Horror” song he sings with Emma. And the Britney song he sings during the pep rally. Totally. Creeps. Me. Out.)
Oh, and Sue had some of her best lines ever.
Anyway… yay, Gwyneth! Thanks for making such an awesome guest appearance!
So, the other day (week?) at the grocery store a bag of Bob’s Red Mill Roasted & Salted Sunflower Seeds called out to me.
I’m pretty sure at the time I had an idea about what I was going to do with them, but as the days went by I’d forgotten what that idea was. Maybe trail mix? I don’t know. If I don’t write down an idea right away in my little notebook, it’s like it never existed.
I took the bag out of the cabinet yesterday morning and saw a recipe for Banana Sunflower Seed Cookies on the back.
It was a super easy recipe and I miraculously had all the ingredients in the house. (I haven’t been to the grocery store in a while. We are scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Tomorrow I may post what I cobbled together for lunch yesterday. It turned out to be delicious despite the random ingredients.)
Banana Sunflower Seed Cookies
1/2 cup non-hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (I used extra virgin olive oil and will try using 1/2 c applesauce next time- pwa)
2 medium Bananas, very ripe
1/2 cup Sugar (I may use only 1/4 cup next time – pwa)
1 1/2 cup Bob’s Red Mill Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Bob’s Red Mill Roasted & Salted Sunflower Seeds
1 tsp. Baking Soda
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Peel and mash bananas.
In large bowl, beat oil, bananas, and sugar.
Mix flour with sunflower seeds and soda.
Add dry ingredients to banana mixture and stir until thoroughly mixed.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonful about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake about 15 minutes, until edges are golden brown.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies. (Um, not really. I made 21 cookies – pwa)
I like these cookies. For some reason they remind me of those pignoli nut cookies that always make an appearance on an Italian cookie tray. They’re not too sweet, they’re on the dry side of the cookie spectrum (borderline-biscuity), and the sunflower seeds add a nice crunch.
I think they’re acceptable for an on-the-run breakfast! You could make them even better and more nutritious by slapping on some peanut or almond butter.
Unfortunately, they’re not Peter approved. He took one bite this morning, handed the cookie back to me, and said “Not good.” Eh, what does he know, anyway?
(I added raisins to a few of the cookies and I thought they were a good addition. I’m sure dark chocolate chips would be good, too. That’s kind of a no-brainer. What wouldn’t be improved by adding dark chocolate chips?)
Happy Hump Day!
These look yummy! Are they hard or soft cookies? What camera do you use for your pictures? I just started a blog a few weeks ago and I have yet to learn how to put pictures on!!
Hi Sharon – Thanks for stopping by! The cookies are kind of biscuit-y… they’re not hard, but they’re not muffin-y soft, either.
Good luck with your blog – you have some good recipes on there! Most of the pictures I post are taken with my little Kodak M853 point ‘n shoot. I have a Nikon D40 that I’m usually too lazy to take out of its bag. The lighting is horrible in my house, so any pictures I take at night, without natural light, are pathetic.
It’s pretty easy to post pictures to your blog. There’s a little “photo slide” icon which is, I believe, right below the title field. Just click on it and you can browse to find pictures saved to your computer. Good luck!
This is my first time on your blog so I just wanted to say hi! Your cookies looks amazing, I love sunflower seeds so I will have to give these a try! Have a great day!
Hi Kristy – Thanks so much for taking the time to say hello! Your blog looks great – it’s so funny that your husband already hung up Christmas lights! I look forward to checking out your jewelry at your Etsy shop, too