Fruit sweet and sugar free - spice cookies

32 cookies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¾ cup Walnuts
¾ cup Butter
½ cup Fruit sweetener
2½ tablespoon Unsulphured molasses
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
¾ teaspoon Cloves
½ teaspoon Ginger
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
2 teaspoons Baking soda
⅛ teaspoon Salt
2 cups White flour

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Toast the walnuts in the preheated oven for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let the nuts cool, then using the pulsing action in a food processor, grind the walnuts until they are finely ground. Do not over process or you will end up with a paste. Cream the butter with the fruit sweetener and the molasses.

When light and fluffly, add the egg and beat together for three minutes. Stir in the spices, baking soda and salt. When mixed add the flour and one cup of the finely ground walnuts. Cover the dough and refrigerate it for 20 minutes to make it easier to handle. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, line baking pans with baking paper. Use a #24 (2 tablespoon) scoop or a spoon to form the dough into balls.

Roll each ball into the remaining ground walnuts and place balls one inch apart on the baking pans. Bake until lightly browned, approximately 15 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the pans before removing them.

Submitted By JANE KNOX On 11-10-94

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