CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

By BobD

Ingredients

• YIELD 24 COOKIES
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup good quality unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 egg whites
• 2 cups chopped pecans.

Details

Servings 24

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees, and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Place sugar, cocoa and flour in bowl of an electric mixer, and beat until well blended.

Beat in egg whites one at a time, scraping bowl as necessary.

Beat at high speed for 1 minute.

Stir in pecans.

Drop heaping tablespoons onto cookie sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies.

Bake 15 minutes on center rack, turning sheet halfway through baking time.

Remove from oven.

Cool, then peel cookies off parchment.

Store in airtight container or freeze.