These cookies are Di-Vine.  My mother-in-law made them a few years ago and I had to get the recipe.  How often do you see a recipe with banana and lemon (two of my favorite dessert flavors...next to chocolate and peanut butter *blush*).  The cookies are soft with a mild banana flavor.  The lemon frosting gives the cookie a little zip.  I have been asked quite a few times for the recipe because they are so good. 

 

Use 3 of the brownest bananas you have.  Smash them with a fork.

 

In a separate bowl,  combine all dry ingredients.

 

Combine shortening, sugar and eggs.  Mix until creamy.

  

Add smashed bananas.   Slowly add dry ingredients until combined.

 

Add chopped nuts, if desired.

  

Cover and refrigerate for an hour.

  

Scoop spoonfuls of dough onto a prepared cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.

  

 Give them a little room to spread.

  

When cooked, they should look like little pillows of nutty, banana goodness.  Let cool.