Chocolate Chewies

3 cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
3 large egg whites
1 cup chopped pecans 

1. preheat the oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.
2. in a large mixing bowl, blend the sugar, cocoa, and flour with an electric mixer on low speed. beat in the egg whites, one at a time, and then beat at high speed for 1 minute. use a spatula to fold in the nuts.
3. drop the dough by tablespoon, 2 inches apart, onto the prepared cookie sheet.
4. bake for 15 minutes. remove from the oven and let cook on the paper.