Drop Sweet Cookies

4 oz soft tofu
½ cup brown rice syrup or honey
3 Tbs. canola oil
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup whole-wheat or unbleached pastry flour
½ tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt
¾ tsp. nutmeg
54 whole almonds, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a blender, blend tofu, rice syrup, oil, and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.

Sift together dry ingredients. Stir in tofu mixture, and stir to combine. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Top with almonds.

Bake for 7 minutes, or until cookies are still puffy and have just begun to brown on the bottom. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

PER 4 COOKIES: 112 calories; 2 gm protein; 4 gm fat; 7 gm carb.; 142 mg sodium.