Thanks so far guys!
It's not for health reasons......a friend just refuses refined sugars.



"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> Steve & Chris Clark wrote:
> > Does anyone have a recipe for a cookie with NO sugar,
> > no white no icing no brown sugar
> > but rather only using fruit pureed, honey, pure maple syrup or molasses?
> >
> > thanks very kindly in advance
> > Chris
>
>
> I started making these cookies back in my health food days and still
> make them now. The recipe is adapted from _Natural Foods Cookbook:
> Vegetarian Dairy-Free Cuisine_ by Mary Estella, ISBN: 0-87040-583-7. I
> have no idea if the book is still available. --Lia
>
>
> Combine is food processor fitted with the steel blade: 1 cup almonds
> (or walnuts, or pecans), 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup whole wheat flour.
> Process until everything is nicely chopped up, not quite as fine as
> flour but not quite crunchy either.
>
>
> Then add: 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup maple syrup (or barley malt, or
> mollasses, or honey, or yinnie syrup, but the flavor of maple syrup
> really is the best). Process again until everything is nicely combined.
>
>
> Oil a cookie sheet. Pick up walnut sized balls of dough, roll them into
> a ball, and place them on the cookie sheet. The dough is sticky so it
> helps if you keep a bowl of water convenient to dip your hands into.
> Then, with your thumb, make an indentation into each.
>
>
> Fill each indentation with all fruit preserves. Polaner is one brand
> that makes fruit conserve sweetened only with fruit. They make a bunch
> of flavors: raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, etc. You can also make
> your own fillings from raisins or other dried fruits, but that's the
> subject of another post.
>
>
> Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until browned a little around the
> edges.
>
>