Ingredients
1 ripe banana
3/4 cup vegan margarine
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 white sugar
1/2 brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
chocolate chips as desired

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mash ripe banana. Add margarine, applesauce, sugars, vanilla, and combine ingredients. The more combined the ingredients are, the fluffier the cookie. Then add flour, baking soda and salt. Once ingredients are mixed, you should have something resembling cookie batter. Add the chocolate chips, or walnuts or something more creative if you desire. Place in tablespoons on an ungreased cookie sheet and cook for about 9 minutes.

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