If you are in need of an afternoon snack, these honey spelt cookies are such a fun sweet treat! With hints of spice from the cardamom and sweetness from the honey, these healthy spelt cookies come together in around 30 minutes and are very easy to make.
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'wow, didn't know what to expect because i've never baked with spelt flour before but I just made this and i love them! will be making all the time 😊'
Anna
Love cookies for a fun treat? Then you may also like to see my cardamom oatmeal cookies and pumpkin spice cookies. Both easy to make and very tasty!
This recipe was inspired by, and adapted from, the Dove's Farm spelt wholemeal honey and cinnamon cookies, with ingredient swaps and substitutions to make it suitable for a low histamine diet. It's perfectly sweet, nutty and with the best crispness too!
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⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
- Flavourful - the combination of honey and cardamom makes these spelt cookies so tasty!
- The best crunch - these cookies have a 'crisp' texture to them, along the lines of digestive biscuits in the UK.
- Quick and simple to make - they come together in around 30 minutes and use mostly pantry staples.
🍪 Ingredients
We all love a few ingredients recipe don't we! This recipe for spelt cookies has only five, most of which are always in my pantry (ready to make cookies with, of course . . . ). You will need:
- Spelt flour: the basis of the cookie, giving it a little bit of a nutty taste. I have only tried these with the Dove's Farm organic wholegrain spelt flour but they should be great with other spelt flour too.
- Honey: for that perfect sweetness a cookie definitely has to have!
- Cardamom: for a hint of spice. The Simply Organic cardamom is good.
- Coconut oil: to bring the cookies together, it also gives a hint of coconut flavour.
- Baking powder: just a touch to help them rise.
🥣 Which spelt flour to use
I have only ever tried these cookies with the Dove's Farm wholegrain spelt flour, and it was one of their recipes that inspired these cookies. Spelt has a rich nutty flavour, and feels very 'fall' in my opinion.
For my low histamine friends, please note that spelt scores 0 on the SIGHI list, with a ? as a liberator. There is a note stating: 'Prefer old varieties. Modern ATI-varieties modified by cultivation are often not well tolerated'. Of course, only use if you are able to tolerate spelt.
🔪 Step by step instructions
These spelt cookies come together in less than half an hour, and are very simple to make.
Step 1
Sift your spelt flour through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl. If you are left with any larger pieces in the sieve discard them as they can make the cookies too dry.
Step 2
Add the cardamom and baking powder to the bowl and stir to combine.
Step 3
Add in the melted coconut oil and honey. The honey needs to be runny honey, not a solid block. Simply heat for 20 seconds or so in the microwave to get it runny again. Stir very thoroughly so it combines into a sticky 'dough'.
Step 4
Spoon heaped tbsps of the cookie 'dough' onto your lined baking tray, making sure there is distance between the cookies to allow room for them to expand. Pat the dough into rough circles with your fingers. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Once removed from the oven, leave on the tray for 5-10 minutes. They will still be slightly soft and could come apart at this stage. Leave to cool and they will harden into cookies. Transfer to a wire rack to fully cool when you can handle them. Then enjoy!
💭 Recipe tips
- Stir very thoroughly when you pour in the honey and coconut oil so the flour is dissolved into the mixture.
- Keep the amount of 'batter' you spoon onto your baking tray to around a tbsp. Any more and they will spread too much (I know, it happened on one of my recipe tests and I ended up with cookies the size of small plates!).
- The cook time is fairly precise on this recipe, so keep an eye on the cookies after ten minutes. They should be light golden brown, with a hint of darker brown around the edges. Remove from the oven at that point.
- The cookies will still feel soft to the touch when you remove from the oven. Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes and they will harden. You can then transfer to a wire rack to further cool down.
🍽 More delicious cookies
So many sweet treats here on the blog including my popular oatmeal chia cookies and my turmeric cookies. Some recent recipes to try out:
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📖 Recipe
Honey Spelt Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups spelt flour
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder add more to taste preference
- ⅓ cup honey
- 6 tablespoon coconut oil melted
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Sieve the spelt flour into a large bowl, discarding any larger pieces of bran that are left in the sieve. Add the cardamom and baking powder, and stir into the flour.
- Pour in the melted coconut oil and honey. Stir so the mixture combines. It will be quite sticky from the honey.
- Place around a tablespoon of cookie 'dough' onto the baking tray, and repeat so you have around 8 cookies. Space them out as the cookies will slightly expand in size.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden brown. Watch them carefully for any signs of burning as they turn fast! Remove from the oven and leave on the tray until they harden (they will still be soft when you remove from the oven). Then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!
Notes
- Stir very thoroughly when you pour in the honey and coconut oil so the flour is dissolved into the mixture.
- Keep the amount of 'batter' you spoon onto your baking tray to around a tbsp. Any more and they will spread too much.
- The cook time is fairly precise on this recipe, so keep an eye on the cookies after ten minutes. They should be light golden brown, with a hint of darker brown around the edges. Remove from the oven at that point.
- The cookies will still feel soft to the touch when you remove from the oven. Leave to cool for 5-10 minutes and they will harden. You can then transfer to a wire rack to further cool down.
- Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
All ingredients score 0 on the SIGHI list, with the exception of:
- baking powder is not rated on the SIGHI list.
- cardamom scores 0, with a note that some varieties may not be tolerated.
Stephanie says
Yum! Just made this with fresh whole wheat flour. I’m glad to have an egg-less cookie recipe since we avoid egg whites.
Have you ever tried it with egg yolks?
Claire says
Hi Stephanie, so glad you like the cookies! I haven't ever tried it with egg yolks, no. I think perhaps that would make them too heavy? But if you try, do let me know how you get on!
Kate says
Amazing! Love it ❤️
Claire says
So glad you like the spelt cookies Kate!
Kris says
For me it was good to get rid of eggs and butter, so I tried this recipe and enjoyed having a good consistency and also watching cookies getting harder after you take them from the oven, makes a whole process even more vivid.
Claire says
So glad you liked them Kris!
Marion says
Can i use
coconut flower i like to use what i already have
Claire says
Hi Marion, I've only ever used spelt flour for these cookies and haven't baked with coconut flour yet. I hope they work out if you give them a try!
Aneta says
I made these cookies for my mom and we all love them!! I used what I had in the kitchen so I replaced honey for maple syrup, ghee instead of coconut oil and cinnamon instead of cardamom. The result? An amazing crunchy cookie 🙂 thanks 😊
Claire says
So glad to hear you all like them Aneta! I'll have to try them with some cinnamon 🙂
Marion says
Thanks going to do he same ...I like to use up what i already have
Sanja says
Can I replace Honey with Maple syrup? I react to Honey😒
Claire says
Hi Sanja, I haven't tried it myself to know for sure, but I think maple syrup would well as it has a similar consistency to honey.
Anna says
wow, didn't know what to expect because i've never baked with spelt flour before but I just made this and i love them! will be making all the time 😊
Claire says
So glad you like them Anna! Spelt had a lovely nutty flavour doesn't it 🙂