passover chocolate walnut cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 tablespoons potato starch
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cups chocolate chips
• 2 cups chopped walnuts

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• grease baking sheets.
• melt bittersweet chocolate and margarine together in the top of a double boiler over barely simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula, about 5 minutes. remove from heat and cool.
• combine potato starch and baking powder in a bowl.
• beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• fold the cooled chocolate mixture, potato starch mixture, chocolate chips, and walnuts into egg mixture until just combined.
• drop spoonfuls of batter the prepared baking sheet.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven for 4 minutes, turn baking sheets the opposite way in the oven, and bake until cookies are crisp on the edges, about 6 more minutes.
• let cookies cool on sheets for about 5 minutes; transfer to wire racks to finish cooling.