| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Eggs |
|
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
c |
Pecans |
| 1 |
c |
All-purpose flour |
| 3/4 |
c |
Whole wheat flour |
| 1/2 |
c |
Packed brown sugar |
| 1 |
ts |
Baking soda |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Cinnamon |
| 1 |
ds |
Salt |
| 2 |
ts |
Vanilla |
| 3 |
|
Egg whites |
| 1 |
c |
Semi-sweet chocolate chips (OPTIONAL) |
INSTRUCTIONS
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray non-stick cookie sheet with non-stick
cooking spray. Grind pecans in blender or food processor until consistency
of coarse meal. Mix 1/2 cup of the ground pecans and remaining ingredients
except egg whites and vanilla. Stir in egg whites and vanilla until stiff
dough forms.
Sprinkle remaining ground walnuts on lightly floured surface. Divide dough
into 4 equal parts. Use dash of vanilla if dough seems to need extra
liquid. Roll each into rope, about 14 inches long and 3/4 inch thick, on
walnuts. Place on cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven; cut
diagonally into 1-inch thick slices. Reduce oven temperature to 225. Bake
15-20 minutes longer or until crisp.
Melt chocolate on low heat. Place in small plastic bag, cut tiny end off
bag. drizzle chocolate on top of cooled cookies for decorative effect.
Discard rest of chocolate. cool cookies until chocolate hardens. Store
tightly covered.
Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies. Per cookie (NOTE: NOT INCLUDING
CHOCOLATE): 35 calories, 1 g. protein, 5 g. carbohydrate, 1 g. fat, 0
fiber, 0 cholesterol, 25 mg. sodium..
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n235
From: Jennifer <nifer@midplains.net>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 21:03:07 -0600
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