Post by mandie68 on Nov 5, 2004 19:25:38 GMT -5
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups biscuit mix
1/3 cup pecan pieces
1 cup pitted dates
2 egg whites
1/3 cup warm water
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
fruit-sweetened or sugar-free jam
pecan halves, optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Use a blender or food processor to chop pecan pieces until finely ground. Sift biscuit mix into a medium mixing bowl, and stir in the pecans. Set aside.
3. Use blender or food processor to puree dates, gradually adding egg whites and warm water. Beat several minutes until creamy. Melt butter, and then stir in date cream and vanilla. Fold liquid ingredients into biscuit -pecan mix. Stir only until blended.
4. On an ungreased cookie sheet, form dough into cookies 1/4" thickness by 2" diameter. Press a thumb print into the middle of each cookie. Decorate each cookie with 1/4 tsp. of jam and/or a pecan half.
5. Bake at 350 for 7-10 minutes until touches of light brown can be seen. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
Recipe from Jeanine DuBois, 1995
3 cups biscuit mix
1/3 cup pecan pieces
1 cup pitted dates
2 egg whites
1/3 cup warm water
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
fruit-sweetened or sugar-free jam
pecan halves, optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Use a blender or food processor to chop pecan pieces until finely ground. Sift biscuit mix into a medium mixing bowl, and stir in the pecans. Set aside.
3. Use blender or food processor to puree dates, gradually adding egg whites and warm water. Beat several minutes until creamy. Melt butter, and then stir in date cream and vanilla. Fold liquid ingredients into biscuit -pecan mix. Stir only until blended.
4. On an ungreased cookie sheet, form dough into cookies 1/4" thickness by 2" diameter. Press a thumb print into the middle of each cookie. Decorate each cookie with 1/4 tsp. of jam and/or a pecan half.
5. Bake at 350 for 7-10 minutes until touches of light brown can be seen. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
Recipe from Jeanine DuBois, 1995