Recipe For Cooking Chocolate Nut Clouds

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Drop Cookies

Chocolate Nut Clouds

2 lrg. egg whites, at room temperature
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1/4 tea. cream of tartar
1/4 tea. salt
2/3 C. sugar
Food color (optional)
1 C. pecans, chopped
1 C. semisweet chocolate chips mini or mint chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.

In a lrg. mixer bowl at high speed, beat egg whites, vanilla extract or flavoring, cream of tartar and salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and, if desired, a few drops of food color and beat until very stiff and glossy and sugar is almost dissolved.

By hand, fold in pecans and chocolate chips. Drop by well-rounded tea.ful about 1 in. apart on cookie sheets. Bake for 20 to 25 min. or until set and dry to the touch. Cool cookies on cookie sheets for 1 min. Carefully transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

Store in an airtight container in a cool place.