Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies
These Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies are one of my favorite healthy little cookies for the holidays. But if you’re a pistachio fan, I bet this is a cookie you’ll enjoy any time of year.
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These tiny little Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies are made with just ground pistachios, almond meal or flour, sweetener of your choice, and eggs, and they’re delicious and perfect for the holidays. I found the original recipe on a great blog called The Italian Dish, who got it from II Viaggio Di Vetri: A Culinary Journey by Marc Vetri, and apparently the cookies are served in his Philadelphia restaurant, Vetri.
With only four ingredients, this recipe qualifies for my Five Ingredient or Less Index Page, and this pistachio cookie might be the ultimate test of how easy it is to substitute a sweetener like my current favorite Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) for sugar in a recipe, and I was really happy with the results.
If you don’t care about the whole low-carb or low-sugar thing you could substitute brown sugar for some of the sweetener, your choice. And there are some suggestions in the comments from readers who have tried this cookie with other kinds of nuts too if you’d like to improvise.
What ingredients do you need?
- shelled pistachio nuts (I used dry-roasted pistachio kernels from Costco)
- Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link), or sweetener of your choice (See notes.)
- Almond Flour (affiliate link)
- eggs
Want more Flourless Cookies to try?
Check out My Favorite Flourless Sugar-Free Cookies to see lots more flourless sugar-free cookies you might want to make!
How to make Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies:
(Scroll down for complete printable recipe with nutritional information.)
- After I made these the first time, I realized that almond meal and almond flour are slightly different. I originally used Bob’s Red Mill Almond Meal (affiliate link) which probably gave the cookies a slightly denser texture, but still worked perfectly. Now I’d use Almond Flour (affiliate link) for a finer-textured cookie.
- In Food Processor (affiliate link) or bowl of an Immersion Blender (affiliate link) combine pistachios with sweetener and process.
- Transfer pistachio/sweetener mixture to KitchenAid Stand Mixer (affiliate link) fitted with paddle attachment.
- Add the Almond Flour (affiliate link) and sweetener and mix well.
- Then add eggs and mix until completely blended.
- Remove mixture from food processor or mixer bowl and chill at least 8 hours. (I chilled it overnight.)
- Preheat the oven to 325F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop a small spoonfuls of dough and roll between your hands to make a small ball about an inch in diameter. (I used a teaspoon measuring spoon.)
- Put each ball on the parchment, smash down slightly, then press one pistachio into the center.
- Bake cookies until they are lightly browned on the edges, about 12-15 minutes in my toaster oven.
- Let cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to cooling rack or dish towel and let cool.
More Low-Sugar or Sugar-Free Cookies to Try:
Check out Delicious Sugar-Free (or Low-Sugar) Cookies for more tasty ideas for cookies without sugar!
Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies
These Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies are one of my favorite healthy little cookies for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (4 oz.) shelled pistachio nuts, plus about 50 nuts to garnish top of cookies (I used dry-roasted pistachio kernels from Costco)
- 2 T plus 1 cup Golden Monkfruit Sweetener or sweetener of your choice (See notes.)
- 1 2/3 cup almond flour
- 2 eggs, beaten well
Instructions
- In Food Processor (affiliate link) or bowl of an Immersion Blender (affiliate link) combine pistachios with sweetener and process until the nuts are finely ground.
- If using food processor change to plastic blade, or transfer pistachio/sweetener mixture to KitchenAid Stand Mixer (affiliate link) fitted with paddle attachment.
- Add the Almond Flour (affiliate link) and sweetener and mix until well combined.
- Then add eggs and mix until completely blended into dry ingredients.
- Remove mixture from food processor or mixer bowl and chill at least 8 hours. (I chilled it overnight and baked the cookies the next day.)
- Preheat the oven to 325F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop a small spoonfuls of dough and roll between your hands to make a small ball about an inch in diameter. (I used a teaspoon measuring spoon to scoop out the dough.)
- Put each ball on the parchment, smash down slightly, then press one pistachio into the center.
- Bake cookies until they are lightly browned on the edges, about 12-15 minutes in my toaster oven.
- Let cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to cooling rack or dish towel and let cool.
Notes
My cookies didn’t spread out much. Seems to me this recipe would also be very adaptable to other types of nuts; I’d love to know if anyone tries some variations.
I originally made these cookies with Splenda, and then with Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener. But now I prefer Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) for sugar-free baking. Sweetener is calculated as zero net carbs for nutritional information.
Recipe adapted from II Viaggio Di Vetri: A Culinary Journey, found via The Italian Dish.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
20Serving Size:
2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 66Total Fat: 5.2gSaturated Fat: .5gUnsaturated Fat: 4.4gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 7.3mgCarbohydrates: 3.2gFiber: 1.2gSugar: 1.3gProtein: 2.6g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies would be great for traditional low-carb or Keto diet plans when made with approved sweetener. South Beach limits nut flours for Phase One, but these would be suitable for phase 2 or 3 of the South Beach Diet. However, these are very calorie-dense cookies, so keep that in mind if you’re trying to lose (or not gain!) weight during the holidays.
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was first posted in 2008. It was last updated with more information in 2022.
55 Comments on “Four-Ingredient Flourless, Sugar-Free Pistachio Cookies”
Hi – are these cookies crisp? or are they soft/chewy? i’ve made flourless cookies before and they are always soft, not crisp/hard like a proper cookie. Thanks
They are somewhat crisp but probably not as crisp as a cookie made with flour and butter.
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The recipe says this: “In food processor or bowl of immersion blender, combine pistachios with 2 T Splenda or Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener and process until the nuts are finely ground. If using food processor change to plastic blade, or transfer pistachio/sweetener mixture to stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Add the almond meal and cup of sweetener and mix until well combined.”
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These are boss af. I made one change – I replaced the pistachio garnish with a spoonful of fig jam, and it balanced out the extreme nuttiness without overpowering the pistachio flavor.
That sounds good to me!