Crunchy Pecan Cookies

Delightfully crispy cookies made with ground pecans and egg whites, lightly spiced with cinnamon. These gluten-free cookies have a wonderful nutty flavor and delicate, crunchy texture.

36 servings
37 min

Ingredients

  • 6 oz pecans
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 whole egg whites
  • 1 sheet parchment paper

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

    10 min

  2. 2.

    Coarsely chop 1 cup pecans and set aside. Pulse remaining 1/2 cup pecans in a food processor with sugar, potato starch, salt, and cinnamon until finely ground (be careful not to pulse to a paste), then stir into egg whites. Stir in remaining cup chopped pecans.

    10 min

  3. 3.

    Drop 1/2 tablespoons of batter 2 inches apart on baking sheet and bake until cookies are lightly browned and slightly puffed, 15 to 17 minutes. Slide parchment onto a rack and cool cookies completely (cookies will crisp as they cool), then remove from paper. Bake and cool 2 more parchment-lined sheets of cookies in same manner.

    17 min