Maida Heatter's Chocolate Cookies with Gin-Soaked Raisins Recipe

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Maida Heatter's Chocolate Cookies with Gin-Soaked Raisins
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Directions:

  1. Combine raisins and gin in a cup and let stand at least 8 hours to macerate.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 2 large baking sheets, shaking off excess flour.
  3. Mix confectioners sugar, cocoa, espresso powder, flour, and salt with an electric mixer at low speed. Add egg whites and vanilla and continue mixing until smooth.
  4. Drain raisins in a sieve, without pressing, then add raisins to dough with pecans. Stir until thoroughly mixed. (Dough will be thick and sticky.)
  5. Working quickly, drop 1/4 cup dough for each cookie onto a baking sheet, spacing cookies at least 3 inches apart, and gently pat down each mound to about 1/2 inch thick.
  6. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, in middle of oven, rotating sheet halfway through baking, 15 to 17 minutes total, or until cookies appear cracked and centers are just set. Cool cookies on sheet 1 minute, then transfer carefully to a rack to cool completely.
  7. Cooks' notes: •You can soak raisins in gin up to 1 week.
  8. •Cookies keep in an airtight container at room temperature 5 days.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 180.6 Kcal (756 kJ)
Calories from fat 125.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14g 22%
Sodium 160.27mg 7%
Potassium 147.03mg 3%
Total Carbs 9.25g 3%
Sugars 4.92g 20%
Dietary Fiber 2.02g 8%
Protein 3.13g 6%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 18.1mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 425.89 Kcal (1783 kJ)
Calories from fat 297.11 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.01g 22%
Sodium 377.96mg 7%
Potassium 346.73mg 3%
Total Carbs 21.81g 3%
Sugars 11.6g 20%
Dietary Fiber 4.75g 8%
Protein 7.39g 6%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%
Iron 1.7mg 4%
Calcium 42.8mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.4
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

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