Chocolate Nut Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1 cup vegan margarine
 * 1 cup unrefined, brown sugar
 * equivalent to two eggs in egg replacer
 * ½ tsp baking soda
 * 2¼ cups unbleached white or whole wheat flour
 * ¾ cup cocoa powder
 * ½ cup whole, raw almonds
 * ½ tsp vanilla

Directions

 * 1) Beat margarine, sugar, egg replacer and vanilla together in a large bowl.
 * 2) Sift together the baking soda, flour, and cocoa powder, and gradually stir into the liquid mixture with a wooden spoon.
 * 3) Roll the dough in the palms of your hands to form smallish golf balls in size, and flatten them to about 1" thick.
 * 4) Press a whole almond into the centre of each cookie.
 * 5) Preheat oven to 350°F and bake these cookies for 8–12 minutes.