3-Ingredient Flourless Cookies, super easy, with hazelnuts and a lone egg white left over from a previous preparation, the shortcrust pastry. What do you do on a Sunday afternoon with your nieces? You whip up a simple, quick, flourless, and butterless cookie. Because sometimes at the end of the holidays, the butter and flour are gone too. Tell me it happens to you too, that I’m not the only one with a half-empty pantry. It only takes 3 ingredients to make these fantastic butterless and flourless cookies for everyone, with a surprise ingredient I always keep in the pantry.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 470.25 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 45.98 (g) of which sugars 33.55 (g)
- Proteins 10.47 (g)
- Fat 30.59 (g) of which saturated 2.23 (g)of which unsaturated 26.79 (g)
- Fibers 4.85 (g)
- Sodium 36.65 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 75 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for 3-Ingredient Flourless Cookies
- 3/4 cup whole hazelnuts
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg white egg white (from 1 egg)
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
Necessary Tools for Cookie Preparation
- Chopper
- Bowl
- Mixer
- 2 Spoons
- Spatula
Steps to Prepare the Cookies
With what you have at home, prepare the 3-ingredient flourless cookies, and it’s not little: hazelnuts and sugar with egg white. It reminds a bit of another recipe, it’s true, but this is what I had: an egg white leftover from a previous preparation to which I added ground hazelnuts, sugar, and a small sweet variant.
Finely chop the hazelnuts.
Reduce them to flour.
Combine the egg white with the sugar and
beat them with an electric mixer until stiff peaks.
Add the ground hazelnuts and sugar to the egg whites, mix and
add the dried cranberries if you like. Fresh ones will be perfect too!
Let the mixture rest for a few minutes.
I used an ice cream scoop, but 2 spoons will also work to make the balls. I made them and placed them on parchment paper directly on the baking sheet.
I used a glass to flatten the balls and form the cookies.
All ready: bake at 365°F for 12 minutes.
And here they are ready, the 3-ingredient cookies with dried cranberries.
Tips
I would like to suggest you also try my gluten-free lemon cookies, they’re delicious.
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/biscotti-al-limone-gluten-free/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/biscotti-al-limone-gluten-free/
https://blog.giallozafferano.it/vaipinacucina/biscotti-al-limone-gluten-free/
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I substitute the cranberries in the 3-ingredient cookies?
Yes, of course. You can replace the dried cranberries with raisins or other dried fruits.
