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...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. 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. 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.
User comments (55)
Lovely cookies and healthy too. I only have dark muscovado sugar, I added 2 tbs which was perfect. I also swapped pecans for hazelnuts but will try pecans next time. Took next to no time to prepare so will be baking these regularly
Delicious.For me personally I would use less chocolate next time.
I like this very much, although I used whole flaxseeds and brown almonds they look different than the picture. Was a little tricky to get a good shape.
Love the taste of cinnamon so I added a little- love it and so my son does!
Like the cookies and make them regularly
Delicious!
They taste really nice, I couldn’t wait to try one, so it was still warm. Got chocolate on my fingers but it was worth it.
Very easy recipe for indulgent, soft cookies. Shout out to the AI feature to adjust the ingredients, as I could only get 1 bag of 150g ground almonds… makes life so much easier 👏🏼
Love these they’re so easy to make and so tasty
These were amazing and so easy to make
Wonderful cookies! They turned out so well! I didn't have pecans so used hazelnuts and almonds instead. The centre was soft and the outside crunchy. Will definitely be making these again!
These are very nice. I found they were a bit soft after the 15 minutes cooking. So I turned them over and cooked for another 10 minutes. One is plenty- really satisfying. We feel like we are eating a treat with the chocolate and pecans. Will definitely make again.
Very tasty and so easy!
These are really good and don’t have the typical ‘healthy’ cookie taste imo. I swapped half of the olive oil with peanutbutter (so 2tbsp olive oil + 2tbsp 100% peanutbutter instead of 4tbsp olive oil) cause i dont love the flavour olive oil gives baked goods and it still worked perfectly. I dont really taste the olive oil or the peanutbutter. Definitly making again and satisfies my sweet craving :)!!
Loved these. Added a tbs of cacao as well. Turned out really nice. Trouble is, one isn’t enough!!
Delicious treat!
Yum, made with coconut sugar and worked well. Great with a cup of tea!
They were OK. I only had enough almond flour for 1/2 of what was required and substituted 1/2 with oat flour. Came out alright. Very strong flax seed flavour. I wonder if I add 1 t of vanilla if it will camouflage it a bit
Delicious! I chopped the chocolate and the pecans a little smaller than in the photos and they came out perfectly. So impressed by how they turned out!
Yummy
So so nice!
I wish I liked almond flour. I think I would have liked them better if I ground up oats. Also I added a bit of cinnamon and vanilla. I accidentally cooked the last 4 for 20 min. They turned out the best. Don’t forget to flatten them!
Made these cookies they were fantastic. So good that I wrapped some up in cellophane and some of your almond chocolate brownie as a little birthday treat. Hope they like it as much as we do
I made the cookies after watching it on the TV. I followed the recipe to the letter but I think it needs something to bind it together a bit better.
GOOD
Lovely flavour. A little messy to make. Maybe a little too much chocolate in them too. Loads, but delish
Fantastic - easy and yumm.
Leave the flax in hot water for the time described otherwise the dough is not very sticky
Great recipe! I am amazed by the result! Super delicious and fast to do.
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!