Dried Fruit Cookies

Description
Purchased from the Van Sickle Estate in Mabank, Texas in 1990. Notation on card indicates this was Mimi's favorite cookie. Dated 1959.

Ingredients

 * 1/3-cup peanut oil
 * 3 large bananas, mashed
 * 1-teaspoon vanilla extract
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * 1-1/2 cups rolled oats
 * ½ cup oat bran
 * 1-1/2 cups mixed dried fruits
 * ¾ cup chopped pecans

Directions

 * 1) Mix peanut oil to mashed bananas.
 * 2) Add vanilla and salt.
 * 3) Stir in rolled oats, oat bran, chopped mixed dried fruits and chopped nuts.
 * 4) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
 * 5) Flatten slightly.
 * 6) Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
 * 7) Cool on wire rack.
 * 8) Store in tightly closed container in refrigerator.

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