Flourless Chocolate Chewy Cookies Recipe

1¾ cups powdered sugar ½ cup Dutch process cocoa (made with alkali) 2 teaspoons cornstarch ¼ teaspoon salt 2 egg whites
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted

1. Preheat oven to 300F. 2. Mix together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add egg whites, stirring with a spoon until mixture forms a dough (mixture should be thick enough to form into a ball; if not add more powdered sugar and cocoa). Add nuts; mix well. 3. Form dough into 15 balls. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 16 to 19 minutes, until glossy and crackled. Cool completely. Makes 15 cookies.

Recipe by Tamar Haspel, June 2009.

Per cookie: 110 calories, 7g fat, 0mg chol., 1g prot., 16g carbs., 1g fiber, 45mg sodium.