banana oatmeal almond cookies

There were 2 combs of ripe bananas in the house.  I had been making quite a number of times of steamed banana cakes and wanted to make something different with these bananas.  I browsed through Allrecipes.com and found this Banana Cookies, which is quite easy to make.

Ingredients
> 1/3 cup shortening
> 1 cup white sugar
> 2 eggs
> 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
> 1/4 tsp lemon extract
> 3 ripe bananas, mashed
> 1/2 cup ground walnuts almonds 
> 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 
>  2  1 tsp baking powder
> 1/2 tsp salt 
> 1 cup oats

Method
[1]  Preheat oven to 175 170°C.  Lightly grease or line baking sheets with parchment paper. 
[2]  In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
[3]  Beat in the eggs, vanilla and lemon extract.
[4]  Beat in bananas and the nuts.
[5]  Gradually add in flour, baking powder and salt.
[6]  Drop the dough by spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
[7]  Bake at 175 170°C for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly coloured.
[8]  Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com