Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa
• 2 tsp. cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl 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 balls; if not add more powdered sugar and cocoa.) Add nuts; mix well.
3. Form dough into 15 balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 16 to 19 minutes, until glassy and crackled. Let cookies cool on baking sheet briefly then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

4. makes 15 cookies

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