Banana Orange Softies -

-- (about 3 large bananas) 3/4 c Margarine or butter

-- softened 1/2 c Orange juice

2 Eggs

2 ts Vanilla

2 c Quaker Oats, uncooked

-- (quick or old-fashioned) 2 c All-purpose flour

3/4 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Nutmeg

3/4 c Raisins

--ORANGE ICING-- 3/4 c Powdered sugar

5 ts Orange juice

1 ts Grated orange peel

350 F. Combine bananas, margarine and orange juice. Blend in eggs, vanilla and orange peel. Add combined dry ingredients and raisins; mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake

20 to 22 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool

1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Drizzle icing over cooled cookies. Store tightly covered. ORANGE ICING: Combine

3/4 cup powdered sugar,

4 to 5 teaspoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon grated orange peel. Mix until smooth. NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS per serving:calories

138carbohydrates

19 gprotein

2 gfat

6 gcalcium

9 mgsodium

70 mgcholesterol

20 mgdietary fiber

1 g Source: "Hurry, Let's Eat!" Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias