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Chocolate Cookie Cups

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These chocolate cookie cups make an attractive serving vessel for your favorite ice cream or sorbet.

8 cookies | Active Time: 1 1/4 hours | Total Time: 1 1/4 hours

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cake flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 teaspoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 drops almond extract

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Coat 4 baking sheets with cooking spray. Line with parchment paper or foil and coat with cooking spray.
2. Combine granulated sugar, flour, cocoa, confectioners’ sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse until combined. Add egg whites, oil, butter, vanilla and almond extracts and process until smooth.
3. Make 2 cookies on each baking sheet: spoon 2 tablespoons batter for each cookie, spreading with the back of a spoon into 6 1/2-inch circles; leave at least 2 inches between cookies.
4. Bake only one sheet of cookies, until centers are firm and dry to the touch, about 10 minutes. (Do not underbake.) Have a muffin tin ready.
5. Immediately lift parchment or foil from baking sheet and place on a work surface. After 30 seconds, carefully slip a long, flat metal spatula under each cookie to loosen. Cut paper in half and return one cookie, on the paper, to the baking sheet. Place in oven for about 1 minute to soften cookie. Quickly but gently press cookie into muffin tin, pleating the edges. Repeat with the other cookie.
6. Transfer cookie cups to a wire rack to finish cooling. Repeat with remaining batter.

Nutrition

Per cookie : 87 Calories; 1 g Fat; 1 g Sat; 0 g Mono; 3 mg Cholesterol; 19 g Carbohydrates; 1 g Protein; 1 g Fiber; 19 mg Sodium; 46 mg Potassium

1 Carbohydrate Serving

Exchanges: 1 other carbohydrate

Tips & Notes

• Make Ahead Tip: Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.