Cookies from Zimbabwe

[Jacuma]

60 cookies (change servings and units)
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Ingredients

* 10 tablespoons butter
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1 tablespoon lemon zest
* 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1/4 cup honey
* 1 egg
* 1 cup finely grated raw sweet potato
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt

Lemon Glaze

* 1 teaspoon butter
* 1-2 teaspoon lemon juice
* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
* 1 tablespoon water

Directions


1
Cream together butter and sugar in bowl. Blend in lemon zest, nutmeg, honey and egg. Fold in sweet potato.

2
In separate bowl. sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

3
Add it to the first mixture and blend well.

4
Arrange cookie dough by rounded teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheet.

5
Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes.

6
To make glaze, use a wooden spoon to combine all ingredients in glass container until smooth.

7
Add more water by the drop until glaze is easy to spread on cooled cookie

[Jalili]

I'll see if I can do it without the egg (probably just replace it with soy milk or something)

But good Recipes I took down all the veggie ones

[DreadedBliss]

I'll see if I can do it without the egg (probably just replace it with soy milk or something)

But good Recipes I took down all the veggie ones

You could try flax seed as an egg substitute or this egg replacer. But yeah, I tend to skip the egg without replacing it with anything if I can get away with it.

[MamaDahomey]

I'll see if I can do it without the egg (probably just replace it with soy milk or something)

But good Recipes I took down all the veggie ones

EnerG Egg replacer is good for baking. Also 1/4 blended silken tofu, 1/4 cup of soy yogurt, or three tabblespoons of water blended with one tabblespoon of flaxseed meal could serve a replacement for one egg when baking.

[aiyoka]

Thanks for the recipe! These cookies are delicious, even without the lemon glaze.

I made a few substitutions in an effort to make them healthier:

Earth Balance vegan butter instead of butter
Organic Turbino Raw Sugar instead of sugar
Agave instead of honey
Egg Replacer instead of egg