Toasted Pecan Cookies

COOKIES 🍪 your weekend baking is sorted! These toasted pecan cookies are simple to make and taste indulgent as hell! The main ingredient here is some cashew butter so grab a tub on the way home from work for a weekend treat. This is an all in one mix so couldn’t be any easier to make!

Serves Serves 8 cookies

Cooks in 30 Minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp. smooth nut butter- I recommend cashew butter 
  • 3 tbsp. coconut oil at room temp 
  • 5 tbsp. maple 
  • 4 tbsp. cacao powder 
  • 1 egg or 1 flax egg (1 tbsp. of milled flaxseed soaked in 3 tbsp. of water for 15 minutes)
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder 
  • 50g dark chocolate broken into chunks 
  • 50g pecans toasted 


Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180•C
  2. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the nut butter, coconut oil, maple, cacao powder, egg and baking powder and mix well using a spoon or fork. 
  3. Stir in the toasted pecans and the chocolate chunks. 
  4. Prepare a flat baking tray with grease proof paper.
  5. Using two dessert spoons(tbsp.) take a heated spoonful and scrap it off using the other spoon onto the tray. You do not need to shape them or flatten them out. 
  6. This batter will make 8 portions. 
  7. Bake for 10 minutes, leave cool and firm (get crunchy) for 10 minutes.Â