Saw It! Pinned It! Did It! Two Ingredient Banana Chip Cookies

Have you seen it? The "pin" that says you can make cookies using just ripe bananas, oatmeal, and chocolate chips? 

It shows these beautiful pictures, making it look so incredibly easy, and yummy!

So I had to try it. I figure if they come out like they say they will, they could almost be breakfast! LOL! 

My attempt started with mashing two ripe bananas (not over-ripe, but not brand new either.) I mixed in 1 cup of quick oats, and maybe a 1/4 cup of chocolate chips. The recipe says you could also add in nuts or coconut, but I figured I would start simple..... after all, my sister Jenna is the baker in the family, definitely not me! 


They actually looked exactly like they do above in the bowl and on the tray. I had seen another pin that said to roll them to look like this: 

but they were WAYYYYYYY too wet and sticky to make anything that pretty. 

I baked them in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.... This is what I got. Again, not as pretty as the picture, but not gross to eat. 

I've been trying to think about how I can describe them.... and pretty much I can say they taste like bananas in oatmeal..... clever, right? ;) Would be another great (and quick!) way to use up those bananas before they go bad.... but I'm not necessarily going to WAIT for that to happen either. ;)

Smart or Crazy?

One of the traditions we've carried on from my husband's side of the family is our annual Christmas cookie baking bonanza. I call it a bonanza because my daughter and I spend HOURS upon HOURS baking cookies in the weeks before Christmas. At least 5-10 different types, all in several batches. Crazy, yes. but also yummy. ;)

So what do we do with all these thousands of cookies? We bring them to all the people we know and love when we see them.... teachers, friends, relatives, neighbors, and even the UPS Man who we love. (My sister swears we are the only ones in the world who give the UPS Man cookies!) 

Every year shopping for tins to give them in is a challenge. They are always too cartoony or too expensive or just plain tacky. And after all that work baking, presentation is just as important as the yummy deliciousness inside. So this year I decided to buy blank tins (or mostly blank tins) and decorate them myself. 

So then the question became, on the small red ones, do I write "With Love From Our Home to Yours" or "With Love From The Januszka Family." If it has our name on it, people can't reuse it.... but do people really reuse them? If it does have our name on it, it seems more personal, but is it over the top?

What do you think? Am I smart or crazy to personalize my cookie tins? Would other people?