The ingredient which makes cookies crispy, is the fat or oil. For a crispy cookie, try the Basic Pie Crust, where the nut butter takes the place of dairy butter and free oils.
COCONUT COOKIES
2 ¾ c dates
1 ½ c boiling water 1 t salt
1 c rice flour
_ c nut or seed butter 3 c shredded coconut
Measure flour into mixing bowl and rub butter into flour. Place dates in the boiling water in blender and soak to soften. Add salt and blend. Add dates and coconut to flour and mix well. Drop spoonfuls onto sprayed cookie sheet and press one almond into each cookie. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 15 min., or until light brown.
CAROB-OAT COOKIES
1 ½ c rolled oats 3 ripe bananas
2 T carob powder natural vanilla
½ c date butter
½ t salt
Blend rolled oats dry in blender or coffee grinder to make oat flour. Mash the bananas and combine all ingredients. Make heaps of the mixture on sprayed cookie sheet and bake at 180°C (350°F). Bake for about 15 min.
The ideas and recipes outlined above are by no means complete, but they should be comprehensive enough to provide an introduction to an alternative whole food life-style. Once the basic principles are understood and incorporated, then it is possible to glean ideas from many conventional and health orientated recipes and convert them to meet the desired criteria.