Sunday, September 16, 2018

Chewy Chocolate-Walnut Cookies

Ingredients:
  • 2 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 3 egg whites, at room temperature
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup walnuts, chopped
Makes 24 Cookies (1 cookie per serving)
  1. Place the oven racks in the upper  and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Sift together confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, and salt into a medium bowl. With an electric mixer on low speed, beat the egg whites into the cocoa mixture until blended. Increase the high speed to high. Beat about 1 minute. Beat in the vanilla, then stir in the walnuts.
  3. Drop the dough by level tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheets about 2 inches apart, making a total of 24 cookies. Bake until shiny, cracked, and firm to the touch, 12-15 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheet on racks.
WW POINTS VALUE: 2 pts.

Note: This recipe appears in the WW Best-Ever Desserts Cookbook. These cookies are  chewy and delicious. I think they are better than store-bought cookies. These cookies could also be considered gluten free because there is no flour in them. The Dutch-process cocoa mellows the flavor and gives the cookies a very deep color to them. If you don't have walnuts on hand, substitute almonds work just as well. 

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