GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE COOKIES

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I need to avoid gluten and have tried transforming my favorite recipes to fit my diet. I came up with these cakelike cookies, and no one ever guesses that they're gluten-free.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
2-1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
2-1/2 teaspoons Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
Additional confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch and salt. Stir in egg whites and coffee liqueur until batter resembles frosting. Add walnuts., Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 300° until set, 10-14 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 82 calories, Fat 3g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 29mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

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