Tasty Tuesday

Making some fun cookies from a brownie mix.

Ingredients
1 box Milk Chocolate Brownie Mix
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 tbsp. water
1 cup dried banana chips broken into small pieces
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup chopped maraschino cherries


Baking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray baking sheets with nonstick cooking-spray.

Combine brownie mix, oil, eggs and water; stir with a fork to combine into a stiff dough. Dough will seem dry, but will completely moisten as you stir. (Knead briefly by hand, in the bowl, if preferred.) Stir in banana chips, walnuts and cherries.

Working with 1 heaping tbsp. of dough at a time, lightly roll dough into balls and place about 2" apart on baking sheets. Lightly press each ball with the heel of your hand to flatten slightly.

Bake 12 minutes until just set in the center. Cool 1 minute on pans. Transfer to wire racks with metal spatula and cool completely. Variation:

Dried cherries can be substituted for maraschino cherries. For an additional chocolate punch, stir in ¼ cup chocolate chips.