1 + 1 = MAGIC

I have come upon a spectacular and wondrous thing. With practically zero effort, you can make these cookies and change your life forever! If you have any kind of food allergy or intolerance or issue, you can eat these cookies. If all you have is 20 minutes, you can have these cookies. If you need a quick breakfast or lovely dessert with your bag lunch, then please go make these cookies. If you don't believe that something amazing can be made with a mere TWO INGREDIENTS, then, well, you need to change your way of thinking right away! Please examine the following:

Miracle Cookies

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1 C oats (regular or quick)

Mix bananas and oats. 

At this point, you can either keep the dough this way (delicious) or add things* (even more delicious). 

Scoop and place on parchment-lined cookie sheet. (Can be placed close to each other -- they don't expand.)

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until you see whisps of golden brown on the surface.

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*For my first-ever batch, I added a handful of walnuts, a sprinkling of dark chocolate chips, some shredded coconut, and some sunflower seeds. Anything that you'd add to a regular bowl of oatmeal will be perfect. Think cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, candied ginger, dried cranberries or any dried fruit, apple bits, any sort of nut, maple syrup...you get it.

Also, see that note about parchment? Oatmeal is like glue, so use parchment or a well-oiled pan unless you want to see your cookie sheet into the garbage can when you're done with this project!

You can also use pumpkin puree in place of the banana, which is amazing, but I prefer the pumpkin ones with chocolate or coconut thrown in, since it's not nearly as naturally sweet as the banana is.

These are the very best right out of the oven, but they are also very nice several days later. I keep mine in the fridge, but I'd imagine they could exist on the counter, too.

I would like to thank the dear and lovely folks over at The Burlap Bag in Austin, Texas for this recipe.  They are the true geniuses. Thanks, guys.