Soy Nut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup soy nut butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 3 tablespoons soymilk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup soy flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup roasted soybeans, for topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 combine brown sugar, soynut butter, shortening, soy milk and vanilla in a large bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended.
• 3 add egg to sugar mixture; beat just until blended.
• 4 combine flour, soy flour, baking soda and salt.
• 5 add to sugar mixture at low speed; mix just until blended.
• 6 drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• 7 flatten slightly by pressing 4 soynuts into each cookie center in a pinwheel design.
• 8 bake cookies for 7 to 9 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown; do not over brown.
• 9 cool 1 minute on baking sheet.
• 10 remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely.