Form balls of dough and place on the cookie sheet (or sheets) They may be a bit crumbly but should bake

together nicely

Bake for about minutes To prevent the bottoms of the cookies from burning you may like to place an extra

cookie sheet near the bottom of the oven to protect the main cookie sheet from the oven heating element When

the cookies are finished they will brown just slightly on the bottom When removing the cookies sheets from the

oven place them on a heat resistant cooling rack (or other elevated surface) so that air can circulate underneath

the sheet

After removing cookies from oven they will be quite soft This is partially due to the fact that the brown rice

syrup "melts" during baking Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for to minutes to allow them to cool and

firm up They will then be much easier to remove from the sheet If you wait too long before removing them

from the sheet it will be more difficult to get them off because the brown rice syrup will have hardened too

much

Cookies freeze very well

VARIATIONS:

"OatmealRaisin Cookies" use raisins in place of dried bananas

Use a combination of maple syrup brown rice syrup and barley malt syrup as the liquid sweetener The current

ratio of maple syrup to brown rice syrup makes a soft/slightly crisp cookie whereas if more brown rice syrup were

used in place of the maple syrup the cookie would be crispier/crunchier See the "Sweetener Substitutions" section

in "Dessert Notes" earlier in the book for more information

Could use any combination of the following flours: brown rice flour wholegrain millet flour wholegrain

amaranth flour wholegrain teff flour whole hemp flour ground sesame seeds and/or ground flax seed OR if you

don't mind using a flour with gluten: wholegrain pastry wheat flour wholegrain spelt flour wholegrain kamut

flour and/or wholegrain oat flour

To lower the fat content replace some of the walnut oil with applesauce and/or prune puree note this will

create a more cakelike cookie rather than a crispy/chewy type cookie

See the "Dessert Notes" at the front of this chapter for more variation ideas

Alternative flavorings can be added such as: amaretto or other liqueur dark chocolate chunks lemon zest grain

coffee carob spices etc

Per serving: Calories; g Fat ( calories from fat); g Protein; g Carbohydrate; mg Cholesterol; mg Sodium

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