Gluten Free & Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies ~ With Keto & Sugar Free Option

My husband called these chewy,
fudgy cookies "Brookies" because
they taste like a brownie cookie!

Ingredients: 

2 cups chopped walnuts*

parchment paper

butter for greasing

3 cups powdered sugar (or Lakanto powdered sugar substitute)

1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon premium instant coffee (I use Trader Joe's brand)

1/2 teaspoon pink Himalayan or sea salt

1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (or Lily's sugar free chocolate chips)

4 egg whites (at room temperature)

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Method:

Preheat oven to 350*. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Spread the walnuts on the prepared baking sheet. Toast in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes or just until the nuts are fragrant & golden. Set aside and lower the oven heat to 325*. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Very lightly grease the paper with butter and set aside. 

In a large bowl, whisk or stir together the powdered sugar, cocoa, coffee powder and salt. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips. Add the egg whites and vanilla. Mix with an electric mixer, on low speed, just until all of the dry ingredients are moistened. (Be careful not to overmix.)

Spoon twelve  1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons mounds of batter onto each of the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes. Rotate the baking sheets and return to the oven for an additional 7 minutes. (The tops will appear glossy and very slightly cracked.)  Remove from the oven and cool on the pans for 5 minutes. Slide the parchment paper (with the cookies) onto cooling racks. Once the cookies have cooled completely, transfer to an airtight container with pieces of waxed paper in between layers of cookies. Makes 2 dozen.

*Walnuts work well in these cookies, but pecans may be substitutes for the walnuts.

Nutritional info per cookie (with regular sugar and chocolate), approximately: 166.75 calories ~ 8.9 grams fat ~ 21 grams carbs ~ 19.6 grams net carbs ~ 2.8 grams protein

Nutritional info per cookie (with Monkfruit sweetener and sugar free chocolate chips), approximately: 116 calories ~ 10. 27 grams fat ~ 2.7 grams carbs ~ 1.6 grams net carbs ~ 3.5 grams protein

Note: These cookies are delicious❣  They are chewy with a rich chocolate flavor that is enhanced with a hint of coffee. Even though my husband does not like walnuts, he really liked these cookies. ❤️