Chocolate Pecan Drop Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 3/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder (spooned and leveled)
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1.5 cups roughly chopped pecans
• 4 large egg whites, room temperature

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds.
• In a large bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, cocoa, and salt.
• Stir in chocolate and pecans.
• Add egg whites and stir until combined (do not overmix).
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls 3 inches apart, onto parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets.
• Bake until tops are dry and cracked, about 25 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
• Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks.