Chocolate Fudge Cookies (GF & DF!)

Central Market makes a gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate "crispy" cookies that are my kryptonite. So I went in search of a recipe for them that I can make for the holidays. These turned out even better than the store-bought ones!

Ingredients
2-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional but good
1 cup cocoa powder, Dutch-process preferred
3 large egg whites
1 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract
optional - chopped pecans, walnuts, or chocolate chips (these are really rich cookies, so the nuts help to 

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Then beat in egg whites and vanilla. The mixture will be dry until you add the third egg white. The dough will be very sticky. Stir in nuts or chocolate chips.

For smaller cookies, scoop a teaspoon-size of dough onto a lined backing sheet. For large cookies, use a tablespoon of dough. 

Bake for 8-10 minutes for small cookies, 12-15 for larger cookies, or until they are dry looking and cracked on top. Let the cookies cool.






Sources:
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/flourless-fudge-cookies-recipe
http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Chocolate-chewy-cookies-333815