Crunchy Pecan Cookies

Name: Crunchy Pecan Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 36 servings
Cuisine: American
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

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

Published October 4, 2025

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