Diet Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups date sugar
• 3/4 cup brown rice syrup
• 10 ounces prune puree
• 4 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons butter flavor extract
• 3 cups old fashioned oats (Irish or Scottish are best)
• 2 cups oat bran, unprocessed
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup unbleached white flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1 cup almonds or 1 cup pecans