Low Fat Chocolate Chewies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 3 egg whites
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup sugar (scant)
• 3 tablespoons cocoa, sifted (not dutch)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275 degrees f and place oven racks in the middle positions.
• 2 line one or two sheet pans with foil or kitchen parchment. set aside.
• 3 beat the egg whites with the salt to a soft peak stage (when the tops of the peaks fall over when whip is removed).
• 4 add the sugar slowly, beating until the mixture is very thick.
• 5 stir in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and chopped chocolate.
• 6 place walnut-size mounds of the batter on the sheet pans and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until dry on the surface but still soft inside.
• 7 slide the foil or parchment with its cookies onto a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes.
• 8 peel the foil or parchment off the still-warm cookies and cool them completely on rack.