Busters Recipes

All-Nighter Cookies
 
1 1/2 cups melted butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup baby food mashed bananas
5.1 oz pkg banana cream pudding mix
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts
1 (10 oz) pkg peanut butter chips
 
1/2 cup white sugar for later
 
Melt the butter in a large microwave-safe bowl.  Stir in the sugars, beaten eggs, baking soda, and salt.
 
Measure out 1/2 cup of baby food bananas and add it, along with the package of dry pudding mix.
 
Mix in the flour by half-cup increments.  Add the nuts and then the peanut butter chips.  Stir until everything is incorporated.
 
Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls with your hands.
 
Put 1/2 cup white sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it.  Place the dough balls on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard-sized sheet.  Press them down with the heel of your hand, or with a metal spatula sprayed with Pam or other nonstick cooking spray.
 
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F or until they're lightly golden in color.  Let them cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
 
These cookies freeze well.  Roll them up in foil and place the rolls in a freezer bag.