Savannah Chocolate Chewies Recipes

COPYCAT GOTTLIEB'S CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place sugar, cocoa and flour in mixer bowl and beat until well blended. Beat in egg whites, 1 at a time, scraping bowl as necessary. Beat at high speed for 1 minute. Beat in pecans. Drop by tablespoonsful onto sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies for spreading. Bake 1 sheet at a time for 15 minutes, turning sheet around halfway through baking time. Remove from oven; cool on paper. Place cookies on paper in freezer; freeze for 1 hour. Remove from freezer, peel paper off cookies. Store in an airtight container. These don't keep very long, so eat quickly -- as if that's a problem.

SAVANNAH CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Line several baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Toast the pecans for between 5 and 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until fragrant and slightly brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• In a large bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, flour and salt.
• With an elextric mixer on low speed, beat the egg whites one at a time into the powdered-sugar mixture.
• Add the vanilla and beat for 1 1/2 minutes on high speed, scraping down the sides several times.
• Fold in the pecans and the chocolate until evenly incorporated.
• Drop the dough onto the baking sheets by heaping tablespoons, spacing about 2 inches apart.
• Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, in the middle of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until dry on the surface but soft in the centers when pressed.
• Reverse the sheet from front to back halfway through baking to ensure even browning.
• Slide the cookies, still attached to the parchment onto a wire rack.
• Let cool completely, then carefully peel the cookies from the parchment.
• The cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to three days or in the freezer for 1 month.

CHOCOLATE CHEWIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F; line cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper.
• Toast nuts until fragrant and brown. Cool.
• Beat egg whites one at at time, then continue beating while adding powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Add vanilla; beat 2 minutes on high speed.
• Fold in toasted pecans. Drop by heaping tablespoon on baking sheet 2-inches apart.
• Bake in the middle of the oven 15-18 minutes or until dry on surface but soft in the center when pressed. DON'T OVERBAKE. Cool. Store in an airtight container for 3 days, or freeze up to 1 month.