Banana Nut Bread Cookies

I was looking in my kitchen tonight and trying to figure out what ingredients I had on hand to make some cookies for my coworkers tomorrow. I realized I had 2 bananas that were a little overripe. I decided to make "healthified" Banana Nut Bread Cookies. These are extremely delicious and taste just like banana nut bread. The best thing about this recipe is that if you don't like nuts or are allergic, you can just omit them in the recipe. I think you will truly enjoy this delicious treat! :)

Banana Nut Bread Cookies
Makes approx 50 cookies

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups White Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
3/4 cup Brown Sugar or brown sugar substitute (I used 1/2 cup Splenda Brown Sugar Blend)
2 sticks Light Butter
1 Large Ripe Banana - mashed up
3/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Optional: 1/2 cup of Chopped Pecans or Chopped Walnuts

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-In a medium size bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice and stir until combined well.
-In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, and 2 sticks of butter and cream together until blended.
-Once the butter mixture is blended well, add your vanilla extract and your mashed banana and stir together until blended.
-Add your flour mixture a little at a time to the butter mixture. Keep adding more flour until you have added it all and all ingredients are mixed well.
-If you wish to add chopped nuts, do so now.
-Place by spoonful onto a nonstick baking sheet.
-Bake approx 10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are brown
-Let cool on a cookie rack and then store

Enjoy! :)

*Suggestions:
-If you find that the cookie dough is a little dry, feel free to add about 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce to the mixture and combine well.