Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 30 cookies 
  
  1 2/3 c  Mashed ripe banana 
           -- (about 3 large bananas) 
    3/4 c  Margarine or butter 
           -- softened 
    1/2 c  Orange juice 
      2    Eggs 
      2 ts Vanilla 
      1 ts Grated orange peel 
      2 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked 
           -- (quick or old-fashioned) 
      2 c  All-purpose flour 
    3/4 ts Baking soda 
    1/2 ts Salt (optional) 
    1/2 ts Nutmeg 
    3/4 c  Raisins 
 
--------------------------------ORANGE ICING-------------------------------- 
    3/4 c  Powdered sugar 
      5 ts Orange juice 
      1 ts Grated orange peel 
  
  Heat oven to 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 138 
  * carbohydrates 19 g 
  * protein 2 g 
  * fat 6 g 
  * calcium 9 mg 
  * sodium 70 mg 
  * cholesterol 20 mg 
  * dietary fiber 1 g 
   
  Source: "Hurry, Let's Eat!" 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias