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Chocolate Pecan Thins

recipe: desserts

chocolate-pecan thins

Prep Time | 15 min

Cook Time | 12 min

Level of Difficulty | Moderate

desserts | These rich, nutty cookies will easily nip the strongest of chocolate cravings in the bud.

And they're low in POINTS to boot!

Ingredients

36 piece(s) pecan halves

1/2 cup(s) sugar

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp apple butter

1 large egg white(s)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa

1/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

Instructions

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.

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.

In a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Add to butter mixture; beat to

combine.

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.

POINTS

Serves | 18

POINTS per serving | 2

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