Tim Spector's Pecan Chocolate Cookies
This recipe come from the “Food for Life Cookbook” by Tim Spector. When he came in to the studio and made them for us they were promptly devoured. The...y taste really indulgent - gooey, chewy and chocolatey - but are full of good-for-you ingredients. The better your chocolate, the better your cookies will be. Go for a high quality option with at least 70% cocoa solids. Read more This recipe come from the “Food for Life Cookbook” by Tim Spector. When he came in to the studio and made them for us they were promptly devoured. They taste really indulgent - gooey, chewy and chocolatey - but are full of good-for-you ingredients. The better your chocolate, the better your cookies will be. Go for a high quality option with at least 70% cocoa solids.
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NUTRITION PER SERVING (Read more)
Notes
If milling your own flax seeds 1 1/4 tsp whole seeds yields 2 tbsp milled seeds.
Ingredients
Method
Gather and prepare your ingredients. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Mix the milled flax and water. Set aside to soak for at least 15 minutes. It’s essential that the flax and water bind together, becoming really gooey, to guarantee the correct result.
Place the soaked flax, brown sugar and extra virgin olive oil into a mixing bowl. Mix to combine.
Add the ground almonds, pecan nuts, dark chocolate and a light sprinkle of salt and stir to combine.
Shape into 12 balls. Flatten slightly and place onto your prepared baking tray. It helps to do this with wet hands.
Place into the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden. Allow to cool completely on the tray.
Notes
If milling your own flax seeds 1 1/4 tsp whole seeds yields 2 tbsp milled seeds.
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User comments (28)
As a newbie, found it easy to follow and make. And glad I did, they were lovely.
Very easy to make and very tasty snack.
Quick and easy to make and taste delicious
Cookies are super easy to make. I could have chopped the chocolate smaller because when forming raw cookies the nuts and chocolate pieces fight each other for batter! If you want typical not chunky cookies chop the chocolate and pecans small. I would make them again.
Very tasty, but made them too thick - they didn't spread at all.
These were so easy to make me delicious. I even think my grandkids would love them.
Surprisingly filling. They came out crispy on the outside and chewy inside. I’ll try cooking a couple of extra minutes next time to see if I can get them slightly less chewy without overcooking them. But they are good as is.
Nice recipe, not as crispy as I was expecting. But they are still edible .
Enjoyed these, as another person said it's lacking something and will try some nut butter next time. Still better than a digestive!
very tasty, did have to cook for around 20 mins but that could be my oven
Great recipe. Too sweet. Kids loved it but will reduce the sugar next time.
Amazing texture n flavour! I have tried many recipe for cookies, especially those using oat flour, I couldn’t get the store-bought cookie texture. However this one I couldn’t! This is teh first time I used almond flour. Not sure is it due to that. Texture is crispy perhaps also due to the nuts and seeds that I have swapped from pecans. It is not the chewy texture that I have baked using oat flour.
I reduced the oil Ive oil to 2 tbs and adopted 2 tbs date paste instead of brown sugar.
Excellent!
Easy and delicious. I didn’t have quite enough almond meal so subbed in some ground rolled oats. A delicious morsel of healthy fats to enjoy with a coffee
Absolutely delicious!
Super tasty!!
Really great flavour.
I’ve also added a small handful of raisins and changed the nuts based on what I have at the ready.
I’m onto multiple batches now.
Easy recipe to follow, really tasty and very satisfying. This will be added to our favourite treat list.
Have faith! They come together well and are very tasty. Great little sweet treat.
Yummy and easy
Good recipe. Seems a little lacking without any nut butter. But equally like a cookie without nut butter! Delicious as always. Thank you!
Really tasty and easy to make
Fantastic, they didn’t last long 😋 Even better that they were a healthy cookie 🍪!!
Definitely will cook again. Delicious
It took time to chop all ingredients up but worth it as delicious healthy snacks!
Really satisfying and sustaining. Liked slightly chewy texture. Used cacao nibs for ease which worked well.
Nice but I’d use half the amount chocolate and won’t add salt next time as they tasted very salty
Very easy to make though
yummy
Tasty and easy to make. Will be making again for sure. I didn’t chop up the dark chocolate enough and they kinda overwhelmed the cookies so next time I would probably use a little less.