Bit of Heaven

Woke up early and inspired to get baking. Knowing that I needed my butter to be at room temp. this is where I started. Has anyone timed, how long it takes to get butter to room temperature? Well now I know, at the minimum 2 hours. even then its not perfectly soft. On to the bigger issue the filling, after Shelly's concern I was ready for a battle...... however it came together without much issue. It could have been due to my stove that does not work very well. By the time my stovetop became warm, the half & half and sugar mixture was already dissolved. My question is, Do I then call it a day with the heating? For security I kept in on a little longer. I put it aside and moved on to the cookie part, that way it would have plenty of time to cool. When I did add it I listen and only put a little at a time so as to not over saturate the blending. As far as the cookie part---yummy I was a little unsure of how big the finely cubed bananas should be cut so I took a picture so you can see what I did? I also used a cookie dropper which probably resulted in the mounding middle. I should have dropped them with a kitchen teaspoon, like the recipe called for but I didn't think it would make a difference. (It does) By the end of this I think we will take all the obvious and hidden words of wisdom to heart not learning the hard way. But it probably wouldn't be quite the same if we didn't learn by our mistakes. What I learned today... patience- don't rush the small things. Cookies are out for delivery via Jack... Angie