Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Biscotti

Delicious dark chocolate and orange biscotti recipe that is vegan, gluten-free and nut-free.

Special thank you to Amore di Mona for sponsoring this post.

This year I’m continuing my exciting collaboration with Amore di Mona vegan chocolate and I will be re-creating a series of traditional recipes from different countries that will be vegan, gluten-free and nut-free. These Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Biscotti is my first recipe from this series that I’m so excited to share with you today.

Biscotti meaning twice baked are traditional crunchy oblong-shaped Italian biscuits often eaten dipped in a drink, traditionally Vin Santo. Over the years I’ve tried many biscotti, but I’ve never baked any myself, let alone creating gluten-free vegan biscotti recipe.

Baking biscotti is actually very simple, it’s not more complicated than baking cookies and doesn’t require ton of ingredients. The classic recipe is a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs and flavorings.

I’ve tried to stick to a traditional recipe and baked couple of different versions, one with flax eggs  and one with flax eggs and olive oil. I’m the happiest with the version using flax eggs only, these taste to me just like the traditional biscotti. I think it’s also because I’ve added ground sunflower seeds to the dough that add the lovely nutty flavor you would get from almond biscotti.

With the baking time and temperature I’ve opted for lower temperature and longer bake, which is better for gluten-free bakes and ensures the biscotti get dry and crunchy.

The chocolate and orange zest add so much flavor to these biscotti and you don’t want to know how many I’ve eaten over the past few days! They are just so scrumptious :)

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Yield: 16 biscotti

Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Biscotti

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Delicious dark chocolate and orange biscotti recipe that is vegan, gluten-free and nut-free.

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Inactive Time 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice flour (140 grams)
• 1/4 cup tapioca flour (30 grams)
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (70 grams)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch sea salt
• 3/4 orange, zest
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (60 ml)
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed + 6 tablespoons water
• 1.75-ounce bulk chocolate (1 cube) or dark vegan chocolate (50 grams)

Optional topping:

• 1-ounce bulk chocolate (1/2 cube) or dark vegan chocolate (30 grams)
• 1/4 orange, zest

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 °F (160 °C)
2. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
3. Mix 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed with 6 tablespoons of water and set aside to thicken.
4. Place sunflower seeds into high speed blender or food processor and blend until flour consistency.
5. In a large bowl whisk together brown rice flour, tapioca flour, ground sunflower seeds, baking powder and sea salt. Stir in orange zest and set aside.
6. Whisk maple syrup into the flaxseed mix and add to the dry mix.
7. Using a fork stir the mixture until it starts coming together and now use your hands to gently bring it into a smooth soft dough. If the dough feels sticky add more brown rice flour as needed.
8. Roughly chop the chocolate and fold into the dough.
9. Place the dough onto lightly floured surface and roll into long sausage about 10" long.
10. Place onto lined baking sheet.
11. Gently flatten the top to achieve rectangular shape about 10" x 2 1/2" size.
12. Place into the oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
13. Remove from the oven and leave to cool down for 10 minutes.
14. Transfer onto wooden board and using a serrated knife gently cut diagonally into about 1/2" slices.
15. Place slices cut size up back onto lined baking sheet and bake for another 30-45 minutes until golden brown and dry in the center, turning them over halfway through. Longer you bake them, more crispy they will become.
16. Remove from the oven and place onto wire rack.
17. Once completely cooled, gently melt the chocolate for the topping and drizzle over the biscotti. Grate over zest from the remaining 1/4 orange.
18. Leave to set and enjoy!
19. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 107Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 292mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g

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