Nutty Dark Chocolate Chunk Almond Flour Biscotti (vegan)

Nutty Dark Chocolate Chunk Almond Flour Biscotti that are grain & vegan

My very first biscotti recipe is finally here.

I have to say it sounds weird to call this biscotti, when I grew up with my Mom making me mandel bread. Which in my opinion, is pretty much the same thing. Except one is the “Italian cookie” and one is the “Jewish cookie”. Both delicious. Both one of my favorites ever, and both inspiring this recipe. But for sake of simplicity and most readers knowing what this dessert is, I named them biscotti. But not just an biscotti.. biscotti that is GRAIN-FREE and made with almond flour!

First let’s chat about my infatuation though with these cookies. Every single holiday season my Mom makes us mandel bread and my Dad and I HOUSE it. I won’t even admit how many I had last year because thinking of it makes me sick. It is literally my kryptonite in the dessert world. Nothing beats my Mom’s traditional chocolate chip mandel bread made with real flour (no gluten free, grain free flour), eggs, oil, sugar and chocolate chips. It is pretty much the one dessert I have to eat the “real” way. 

But a couple weeks ago I was craving her mandel bread so bad and when I went to make it, I realized I don’t even own half of those ingredients. I don’t have cane sugar or canola oil or flour in our kitchen. I never use it (nor do I plan to), so I was left making a “cleaner” version. I truly didn’t think my own version of mandel bread and biscotti would stand a chance, but it honestly turned out so good. The queen herself, my Mom, even loved it!

I had just received some of Nuts.com’s raw organic almonds and made my own almond flour with it. This was the first time I have ever made my own almond flour before, and but it so easy! Plus almond flour itself is a bit pricey so it’s nice to know that if you stock up on almonds, you can easily make an almond flour/meal to bake and cook with. All you have to do is put the almonds in the food processor and pulse a bit until it resembles a flour-like consistency. My Nuts.com package could not have come at a better time.

Nuts.com is pretty much my dream website. They sell a ton of pantry staples, nuts, snacks, chocolates, dried fruit and more. Nuts.com started back in 1929 so needless to say, they are seriously the real deal. They were way ahead of the nut trend my friends. It is a family run business that has been passed down for 3 generations. They buy directly from growers and source everything themselves. You can buy one pound or over 100 pounds of a product from them. Nuts.com even roasts their own nuts and pop their own popcorn the same day they ship, making their goods as fresh as possible.

I have been using a ton of their products that I cannot wait to share with you guys soon. But for now, enjoy these dreamy Nutty Dark Chocolate Chunk Almond Flour Biscotti’s. They are vegan and paleo and absolutely delicious!

YOU WILL NEED

Raw almonds or almond flour (I used Nuts.com)

Arrowroot flour

Baking powder

Maple syrup

Almond milk

Vanilla extract

Dark chocolate chips

Coconut oil

Sliced Almonds (I used Nuts.com)

QUICK NOTES

• I made my own almond flour using almonds from Nuts.com but you can also buy almond flour already made if preferred. It is an even ratio so if you need 2 cups of almond flour then you should use 2 cups of almonds to create the flour
• Almond flour works best in this recipe. I do not recommend subbing coconut as another grain-free alternative. You can likely use oat flour or gluten-free flour but exact amount may vary
• These biscotti’s freeze very well for a couple of months. Heat them up in the oven for a few minutes to get warm again

xx, Rach

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