These easy Chewy Keto Pecan Cookies are brought to you by this week’s guest poster Katrin, from the popular low carb blog Sugar Free Londoner! I’ve been Pinterest stalking Katrin for a long time – her photos are incredible and I’m super jelly of her living in such a cool city! These keto cookies are right at the top of my to do list and they should be on yours too!!!
Hello everyone, I’m Katrin from Sugar Free Londoner. I’m honoured to be guest posting today for Mellissa, who’s busy writing her latest cookbook.
Sugar Free Londoner has been online for around 1 ½ years. It started as a blog for sugar free recipes which had helped me get over a chronic inflammation problem. Soon after launching the blog I discovered the joys of low carb eating – and I’ve been hooked ever since! All the recipes you’ll find on my website today are grain free, low carb and most are suitable for Keto diets as well.
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but I do enjoy a treat now and then. When there’s plenty of people around, it’s great to whip up a cake and enjoy everyone’s oohs and aahs together with your own slice. But when the crowd is out? Then I make cookies. Simple, fuss-free and just perfect with a cup of coffee!
These chewy Keto pecan cookies are so quick and easy to make you can basically do it with your eyes closed. Best of all, you only need 5 ingredients!
I don’t know if your supermarket sells ground pecans. Mine doesn’t – that’s why I simply ground my own. It’s best to do this in a food processor. If you don’t have one, you could also use the attachment of your stick blender.
Originally I had intended to make these low carb pecan cookies dipped in chocolate, but when I tasted the dough (I always taste the dough!!) I changed my mind. It was just so good just the way it was! There you go. Now I have a whole bar of sugar free chocolate sitting in the fridge for the day I run out of cookies. What’s not to like?
I’ve pared down the ingredients in this chewy Keto pecan cookie recipe as much as possible. But if you are feeling adventurous, you could customise it the way you like. You could try adding vanilla, cinnamon or even mixed spice (aka pumpkin spice) for more distinctive autumn flavours. 1-2 tsp each should do the trick.
The sweetener I used is Sukrin Gold, which has a deep caramel taste similar to brown sugar. If you want to bake with a regular granulated sweetener, adding vanilla extract, for example, would give that additional kick you’re otherwise missing out on.
And, of course, there is the option to add a chocolate twist. Either chocolate chips or dipping the finished cookie in melted chocolate works. Just make sure you use either sugar free chocolate or dark chocolate with at least 85% cocoa solids.
If you like the idea of your own personal stash of cookies, you could also try out my favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies, these super crunchy Sugar Free Italian Walnut Kisses or Mellissa’s brilliant Low Carb Almond Crescent Cookies. Or give your cookie cutters an outing with this easy Cut Out Cookie recipe which has a delicious coconut butter glaze.
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Katrin Nürnberger loves cats, reading, running, living in London and cooking sugar free & low carb dishes for her family. You can follow her blog Sugar Free Londoner on Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram.
Chewy Keto Pecan Cookies – Low Carb
- Yield: 20 cookies 1x
Description
These chewy Keto pecan cookies are so quick and easy to make you can basically do it with your eyes closed. Best of all, you only need 5 ingredients!
Ingredients
- 2 cups (250g) ground pecans
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp salted butter, room temperature
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup granulated sweetener (I used Sukrin Gold)
- Optional: 20 additional pecan halves to decorate
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175 Celsius/350 Fahrenheit.
- Grind pecan halves in the food processor. I used scales to weigh them, but if you don’t have scales, roughly 2 ½ cups of pecan halves should give you the 2 cups of ground pecans you need.
- Add all other ingredients and mix until well-combined.
- Form little balls in your hand and flatten into a cookie. Place cookies onto a tray lined with baking/parchment paper. If desired, place a pecan half on each cookie.
- Bake 9-12 minutes until slightly browned on the edges.
- The cookies are very soft when straight out of the oven. They firm up when they cool down.
- Category: low carb cookies
- Method: baking
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 101
- Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 1.9g
- Fiber: 1.3g
- Protein: 1.6g
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Kk P says
I am adding this recipe to my ‘best ever’ nut cookies.
Judy says
I made them exactly as written using Swerve Brown. I loved them besides the aftertaste. Perfect for when the craving for a little after dinner sweetness hits. I may try another sweetener next time like allulose or purecane. Thank you for sharing.
Tamara says
Yummy! And so easy. I’m going to make a triffle with these. I did add a 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 butter flavoring. So glad I doubled the recipe.
T Spain says
These really hit the spot. I was craving something sweet and quick to make while still sticking to keto diet. Didn’t even have to leave the house since these ingredients are always available here in the pantry and refrigerator. Love this recipe and will be making this again. Teenage daughter even likes them.
l p says
just what I’m looking for when guests come for a cup of tea. thanks
Mary Crane says
Just made these but with coconut sugar since I don’t care for artificial sweeteners. Added two tablespoons cacao powder and put a chocolate drop on top. They were great. Some of the best low carb cookies I’ve ever had.
Sally says
Has anyone tried adding sf maple syrup?
Diana says
Do these really only have 0.6 net carbs per cookie?
Nota says
What did I do wrong? My cookies wouldn’t make balls, they were hard to get to stick together. I was careful and measured twice! They smell good but look like little hand crooked things. Not for church lunch!!!
Shannon says
Can you use pecan flour in place of ground pecans?
Charlie says
Made these today- they were really yummy!
I swapped in a 1/2 cup Swerve brown, 1/2 tsp vanilla.
Thank you for the recipe.
Erin says
I really dig simple, fast recipes with few ingredients, so was glad to find this one. We made these exactly as the recipe is written and really enjoyed them. I used granulated swerve as the sweetener and they turned out not too sweet, which we like. That would be easy to adjust though. I’m not sure your kids would like them, but for adults trying to eat healthy they’re great.
Grace says
I’ve made these cookies twic now. They are AMAZING! Super easy and super quick. I even ground my pecans, portioned them out and put them in the freezer, so that they are ready for next time. The only change I made was to add vanilla to this recipe (because why not and I love vanilla). The main problem I have is to stop my son from eating them all! They are my go to cookie from now on. Though they don’t need chocolate, I made a few with melted chocolate on top and were soo good. Thanks so much!!!
Stacey M says
We tried these a few weeks ago. My boyfriend is obsessed with pecans and so normally toast 5lbs every 2 weeks for him. We used the buttery salted roasted pecans to top each of the cookies and they were deeeviiiine. We are heading to Sam’s today and will be picking up extra pecans for these cookies! Ours turned out like the photo, if yours turn out flat you may want to buy some fresher baking soda.
Kelvin Saul says
I just LOVE this food blogger Sugar Free Londoner.
Such sincerity! Wholesome integrity expressed through food!
Fingers crossed for the Pulitzer!
Francesca says
Anyone tried adding baking chocolate or cocoa powder?
Jen says
I’m about to try it with at least 2T of cocoa powder… I’ll let you know how it goes. Or, better yet, you tell me if you tried it! :))
Jackson says
Are these chocolate? Should there be cocoa powder in the recipe? (I just assumed from the pictures that they were chocolate.) Thanks!
Aj says
To start great recipe easy to understand and i like how u had thw nutrition info. So I tried this my cookies looking nothing like yours mine look super flat and nothing like the picture. I did have nice looming cookies at forst but I o my made 10 so I cut all the portions in half and ended up with super thin cookies. So if there supposed to be skinny sweet if not then I messed up but they taste great I put 1tsp of vanilla thanks again
Carolyn says
Can’t wait to try this recipe. I love pecans. Thank you for posting the true carbohydrate count, this is so helpful.