- prep: 35 min
- cook: 40 min
- total: 1 hr 15 min
Summary
Both cardamom and pistachios are essential ingredients in Persian dessert making. This dough is delicate because it doesn’t contain any gluten, so be sure it’s fully chilled and firm before rolling into logs and slicing into cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup virgin coconut oil, softened at room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest (from about 2 oranges)
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup potato starch
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup roasted, salted pistachios, finely chopped
- 3 ounces dark chocolate (for drizzling; optional)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 30
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 115 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 8 g 12.26%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 14.73%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 1 mg 0.31%
- Sodium: 39 mg 1.63%
- Calcium: 19 mg 1.9%
- Potassium: 23 mg 0.67%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 3.08%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 11 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 5.27%
- Sugar: 7 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 0.16%
- Vitamin C 0.31%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq