Who hasn’t mixed up a batch of homemade cookies at least once in their lifetime? How irresistible it is to pull a batch of cookies or brownies from the oven and dig in before they’re even cool enough to handle. What a shame that such a great pleasure should be overshadowed by guilt over consuming too much fat and too many calories!
Place the pecans in a food processor with a few spoonfuls of the sugar, and pulse until finely ground. Transfer to a large bowl and add the remaining sugar, flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
Add the margarine and mix until you have a coarse meal. In a small bowl, combine the egg white and maple syrup. Add to the flour mixture and stir just until combined.
Pinch off 1-1 1/2-inch pieces of dough and roll into 4- 5-inches long ropes. Shape each rope into an "S" shape and place about 1-inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, until golden on the bottoms. As soon as they come out of the oven, dip cookies in icing sugar to coat before placing on a wire rack to cool.
Per cookie: 85 calories, 3.5 g fat (0.4 g saturated fat, 2.2 g monounsaturated fat, 0.6 g polyunsaturated fat), 12.7 g carbohydrates, 0 mg cholesterol, 55.2 mg sodium, 0.4 g fiber. 36% calories from fat.
