Chocolate-Pecan Thins
3
Points®
Total time: 27 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 12 min • Serves: 18 • Difficulty: Easy
These rich, nutty cookies will easily nip the strongest of chocolate cravings in the bud. And they're low in POINTS values to boot!
Ingredients
Unsalted pecan halves
¾ half/halves
Sugar
½ cup(s)
Salted butter
2 tbsp(s)
Apple butter
2 tbsp(s)
Egg whites
1 serving(s), large
Vanilla extract
1 tsp(s)
Unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup(s)
All-purpose flour
⅓ cup(s)
Baking powder
½ tsp(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place pecans on a cookie sheet; bake until nuts begin to brown and are fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove; set aside.
2
Combine sugar and butters in a medium bowl. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until soft. Add egg white and vanilla; beat until combined, scraping mixture off sides of bowl as needed.
3
In a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Add to butter mixture; beat to combine.
4
Drop dough by even teaspoonfuls, about 1 inch apart, onto 3 ungreased cookie sheets. Place 1 pecan half on top of each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes; remove from oven and allow to cool on pan for 5 minutes. Remove cookies with spatula to a rack to cool completely. Yields 2 cookies per serving.
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