Pecan Spice Cookies

1/4 cup oil, natural
1/2 cup maple syrup or other liquid sweetener
1/4 cup brown date sugar, barley malt-powder. or other
natural
powdered or granulated sweetener
3/4 cup flour, whole wheat or kamut, spelt or millet flour
1/2 cup flour, unbleached white or tapioca flour
3/4 to 1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup raisins, currants, or chopped dates
1 tsp anise seeds
1/2 to 1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp sea salt

Optional:
Dashes of nutmeg, ginger and cloves
1/4 to 1/2 cup coconut, unsweetened and shredded

Preheat the oven to 400F. Mix the oil and sweeteners
together well. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining
ingredients, then slowly stir them into the liquid
mixture.

For each cookie, drop 1-2 Tbs of the dough onto lightly
oiled cookie sheets, about 2"-3" apart. Bake for 9-12
minutes, until lightly browned but still soft. Cool on
wire racks. The cookies will get crispy as they cool.

Makes 1- 1 1/2 dozen.





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