The perfect Diet Cookie--Squished Banana Cookies

I can make a decent cookie. If I try hard enough, ie: not using a mix. But this week I had a sick kid so I was home a little more than usual. (Like I got to spend a DAY at home!!! Yippee!!!!) So, for the experiment I used this little goody I found on Pinterest:

Get Skinny / 2 large old bananas 1 cup of quick oats. You can add in choc chips, coconut, or nuts if you'd like. Then 350º for 15 mins.

The consistency didn't seem right. I added more oats. Then I tasted it and it had a bitter old banana flavor (My bananas weren't THAT old!). So I added sweetener. Then more. That wasn't working so I went for the real stuff. SUGAR. About 1/3 of a cup (I was trying to stay close to the recipe). Still no. Added a little brown sugar. Then about 1/4 cup flour. Then I found another variation on Pinterest that added 1/3 cup applesauce. At this point, what the heck, I've totally defeated the healthy part anyway! Join the party!!! With the added flour, it had more of an acceptable consistency.

So, the big reason this is the perfect diet cookie?! You won't be tempted at all!!! You will take one bite, and that will be enough. (As my husband said, "These are TERRIBLE!") They do look like the picture, so kinda pretty. Maybe if you were having guests over and you wanted to look domestic...just don't let them eat them....

Now I should have a disclaimer: I'm sure that there are people that could whip this up and it would be excellent. There are just those kinda people out there. I'm not one of them. I'm average. Maybe my bananas weren't right. Maybe I peeled them wrong. Who knows. 

BUT, I did get to use my new shark vacuum. Its pretty awesome! It has a swifter attachment type deal. It was pretty much the most exciting part of my day. Yay! =)