Dessert: Chocolate-Pecan Macaroons Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by Joan Nathan Macaroons are a European confection especially popular at Passover. Here, the use of pecans adds a taste of the American South.

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups kosher-for-Passover powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 tablespoons matzo meal
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 large egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Cooking spray

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 °.
Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, beating with a mixer at medium speed until combined; scrape bowl occasionally. Add vanilla, and beat well. Fold in pecans. Drop batter by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 325 ° for 15 minutes or until dry on the surface and centers are soft. Remove from oven; cool on wire racks for 15 minutes or until cookies can be easily removed with a spatula. Cool completely on wire racks.

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