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These flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies are such a fabulous snack idea! They make that perfect work snack, sugar craves or after school bite that you must have handy. Packed with healthy ingredients and flavours.

These flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies are a gluten-free sweet and healthy dessert treat, suitable for all ages.

Finding a good and pretty healthy dessert to snack on whenever you fancy something sweet could be challenging. I will reassure you that these flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies will now be a regular dessert or snack for you.

We absolutely love them and (you won’t believe this) last time I prepared and took these cookies to a party, kids made sure these have vanished in minutes. All eaten up to the very last dub. I was very pleased as I thought only my kids preferred them.

Most children do seem to prefer sweets and snacks ready-made to the home-cooked ones nowadays, market stuff which we all know they are full of bad things like saturated fat, refined sugars and salt which ultimately makes those really unhealthy despite being labelled as healthy.

Healthy homemade pecan nuts cookies

In my understanding, the trick with staying healthy is to really try and prepare at home most of what we eat, rather than rushing into a local shop/supermarket and buying ready-made foods which contain tonnes of additives.

Preparing these flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies involves, at most, 15-20 minutes of preparation (including of digging in cupboards to find all the ingredients) and just 10 minutes of cooking. Yes, it is not a typo mistake, only 10 minutes!

These pecan nuts cookies tick all the boxes and some great qualities which I know you’re looking for:

  • tasty, delicious, healthy dessert
  • gluten-free
  • vegan (swap some ingredients)

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Let’s just go for it, shall we?

These flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies are a gluten-free sweet and healthy dessert treat, suitable for all ages.

Flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies

These flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies are a gluten-free sweet and a healthier treat, definitely suitable for all ages.
5 from 18 votes
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Course: Coffee time, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Ramona's Cuisine, World Cuisine
Keyword: flaxseed cookies, gluten free cookies, healthier cookies
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 10 *
Calories: 396kcal
Author: Ramona Sebastian

Ingredients

  • 50 g coconut oil
  • 35 g flax seeds
  • 3 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
  • 120 g chocolate (dark) (dairy-free optional)
  • 45 g cacao powder
  • 40-60 g coconut sugar
  • 250 g almond flour
  • 6 tbsp water
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
  • 1 tsp cider vinegar
  • 1 g himalayan salt
  • 70 g chocolate (melted) for decoration
  • 80 g pecan nuts (chopped, roasted)
Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

  • Melt the chocolate together with the coconut oil either in the microwave for 30 sec (if you have one) or the simple technique of placing it in a bowl over boiling water. Allow cooling for a few minutes.
  • Add the flaxseeds, water, the coconut sugar, chia seeds if you choose to put them in (those in the picture do contain it), almond flour, cacao powder, salt. Make a tiny well and put in the baking powder and the soda bicarbonate pour the vinegar over and mix well. Then mix all the ingredients and place the mixture in the freezer for 10 min or in the fridge for about 20 min.
  • Heat the oven at 180°C /350F or gas mark 4.
  • Line an oven tray with parchment paper.
  • With the help of a teaspoon take a teaspoon full of the mixture place it on to your palm and roll into small balls. Finish the rolling and press to flatten slightly the dough.
  • Place on parchment paper leaving some space of about 1.5 cm in between.
  • Place in the heated oven and bake for 8 min. Remove when ready and allow them to cool for a few minutes.
  • Meanwhile roast and finely chop the pecan nuts. Melt the 60 g chocolate which can be milk, dairy-free dark or even white chocolate.
  • Roll the edges of the cookies into chocolate and then into the finely chopped pecans.
  • Enjoy pretty much straight away. Store in the fridge if summer so that the chocolate does not melt.

Notes

* a batch of about 25-30 cookies (bite-size)
Salt! 
I always use coarse salt because I love tasting it in the cookies whenever I have them. That bit of saltiness in the middle of all that sweetness - just divine!

Nutrition

Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 225mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 3mg
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  1. Beth says

    July 17, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    5 stars

    Oh! These sound wonderful! I can make some for my Mom because she can eat them!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      July 18, 2018 at 2:54 AM

      Thank you Beth,
      I’m sure your mum will enjoy those yumm cookies. ?

      Reply
  2. Crystal says

    July 17, 2018 at 7:45 PM

    5 stars

    A healthy cookie? What is this world coming to?!?

    Seriously though, these look super delicious, and the fact that they’re bite-size just means that I can fit more in my hand!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      July 18, 2018 at 2:57 AM

      Hi Crystal,
      I know! Right? These are super yumm and yes, a lot healthier so you can have more of?. Have a lovely day!

      Reply
  3. Nicole says

    July 18, 2018 at 9:55 AM

    5 stars

    Always on the look out for more cookie recipes, and healthy and bite size are the perfect excuse for me to make several batches of these!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      July 19, 2018 at 2:08 PM

      Thank you so much Nicole?, I am sure you will love those healthy bite-size cookies and will become a regular ?

      Reply
  4. Shanna Jones says

    July 18, 2018 at 11:41 AM

    5 stars

    These look so tempting! And the fact that they are on the healthier side is even better!

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      July 19, 2018 at 2:09 PM

      Thank you so much Shanna. They are soo good. ??

      Reply
  5. Zahra says

    July 18, 2018 at 1:07 PM

    5 stars

    These look so delicious and hard to believe they’re so healthy :-). Looking at the recipe though I can only conclude that they are healthy. I will definitely try this with the kids. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      July 19, 2018 at 3:28 PM

      Hi Zahra,
      Healthier cookies is a real bonus. My kids are now making these. They love them and feel very proud to make mummy’s cookies. Try them and let me know how you found them. Enjoy ?

      Reply
  6. FOODHEAL says

    November 29, 2020 at 10:53 PM

    5 stars

    These cookies have everything that I love. They are healthy. I am putting this on my list to try. Thank you.

    Reply
  7. Emily Flint says

    November 30, 2020 at 11:53 AM

    5 stars

    Cookies that are healthy?? Yes, please. And the presentation is so beautiful!

    Reply
  8. Sue says

    November 30, 2020 at 2:41 PM

    5 stars

    I love this healthy way to satisfy a need to snack. Thank you for this great recipe!

    Reply
  9. Chef Dennis says

    December 1, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    5 stars

    Yum! My wife will surely love these cookies!

    Reply
  10. Mama Maggie's Kitchen says

    December 2, 2020 at 2:46 AM

    5 stars

    It looks delicious. I wish this were in front of me right now

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      December 2, 2020 at 4:43 AM

      Ha ha. Thank you 😉

      Reply
  11. Shirley says

    December 20, 2020 at 3:11 PM

    i have a friend that is vegan and i was thinking of making these for her, it says vegan if swapping out ingredients but it looks vegan the way it is. Am i missing something here or it vegan as it it written?

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      December 20, 2020 at 3:16 PM

      Hi Shirley,
      you are right it is almost vegan if you make sure you choose the right chocolate that contains no dairy milk, that’s the only bit in there that you have to make sure it’s vegan. Otherwise all the other ingredients are vegan indeed.
      Enjoy, and it’d be great to hear back to see how you and your friend liked it ❤️

      Reply

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