Spelt flour and pecan nuts little delights

These spelt flour and pecan nuts cute delights are those tiny bite-size thumb cookies that are just plain divine and taste exactly like pecan pie, in miniature, of course, just a touch healthier.

I woke up early this morning because my son really fancied these spelt flour and pecan nuts for breakfast.

This is what I call fussiness. It’s half term so hey, we have some time to enjoy and have some fun in the kitchen.

I like this type of fussiness truthfully- fussiness taken to that lovely level, the level of getting mummy up slightly early to prepare something her lovely boy fancies. Luckily enough, my daughter agreed too. They love these and said to me they could eat them any time, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yes, I’m very sure of that too, in fact, is one of those statements that I would never dare to contest… I’m so sure they mean it every time. ?

Ever since I started to cook or bake I always loved getting this “I really fancy” from my family because it always saved (then) and saves me (now)  the trouble of brainstorming of what I should cook or bake that day.

I really used to love it when my dad, my brother or mum ask me: “Can you please cook this?” Or “I really fancy that…. “ now it’s my hubby and my kids who help me and save my day.  Every one of us gets stuck with no ideas about what to prepare sometimes, right? Running out of ideas is pretty easy but not with my lot, thankfully ;-))

But, hey, I will get back to this. I was saying …

My son really wanted these pecan nuts cookies again, as I haven’t prepared them for quite a while now. I don’t know why: they are pretty healthy and I cannot express myself how good they taste. I suppose I do have a simple answer for this and that might be simply because I’m also preparing other delicious dishes and I try a lot of new food/combos, all new stuff almost every day.

It’s hilarious, as my kids always fight over who has the last one, this is how awesome these cookies really are. I always hide a couple away so that they get that little surprise of having one or two extra when they sadly thing there’re none left which makes them super happy….. it is my duty 😉

My grandma’ used to make this nuts cookie delight, with standard flour and toasted walnuts. Pure deliciousness!

She used to make it in a thin long loaf tin and I would have prepared it in a similar manner, for the authentic look and taste, but I have never seen a baking tin that looks quite like the one she used to have. She must have had that made by my very skilled grandfather, I am sure. Two great people, that I miss terribly.

I have changed the recipe a bit, obviously, to make it way a little healthier and even tastier.  My grandma wouldn’t necessarily agree with this line and statement but I would have persuaded her in the end.

I’ve prepared these cookies with a bit more dough, so they turn out puffier, but you can certainly use less dough and less nut mixture if you wish and they’ll become bite-size small little super cuties.

Other pecan nuts recipes you may like: 

• Pecan cookies with rye and barley flakes
• Banana, pecan and coconut loaf
• Flaxseed, cacao and pecan nuts cookies
• Quick, delicious, nuts and dark cacao brownies

A few tips: 

• Yield: This recipe makes anything between 25 to 30 pecan nuts tiny cookies, depending on how chunky or small you make them. 
• Choice of eggs: you will need the largest possible egg, but if you don’t have large eggs, use two really small eggs. They need to be really small in size. A bit extreme I know but see what you can do.
• If you want to make them all brown simply add 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder in the dough as well.
• The cooking time is different slightly again depending on the size you decide to make them. 

Here it is, this ‘to die for’ cookie recipe: