Description
These vegan Dark Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti are light, crisp, and delicious. Made with cocoa powder, chia seeds, pistachios, and a touch of sugar using classic Italian baking techniques. Perfect for gifting and holiday baking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- ½ cup plant-based milk (i.e., soy, almond, oat), plain, unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup vegan butter or margarine, softened
- ¾ cup organic cane sugar
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- ½ cup dairy-free dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup pistachios, shelled
Instructions
- Using an electric mixer (or standing electric mixer), blend chia seeds, plant-based milk, vanilla, and apple cider vinegar in a large mixing bowl and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Add vegan butter or margarine to the mixing bowl, and blend with the electric mixer until smooth.
- Add sugar, whole wheat and all purpose flours, corn starch, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt (optional) to a medium mixing bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the large mixing bowl with the liquid ingredients, and mix with an electric mixer just until smooth. Do not overmix. Should make a stiff dough.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and pistachios with a wooden spoon.
- Remove the dough from bowl and divide into two equal parts. On parchment paper, roll out each piece of dough to a rectangle approximately 4-inches wide by 11-inches long by 1-inch thick.
- Place each parchment paper with dough on one of two baking sheets and bake for 20 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 300 F. Remove dough rectangles from oven, and allow to cool slightly to handle. Slice into ½-inch thick strips and place on the parchment paper lined baking sheets with cut side facing up.
- Bake at 300 F for about 8 minutes, turn over to the other cut side and bake for about 8 minutes, until slightly dry and golden brown.
- Remove from oven, cool, and store in airtight containers.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 28 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscotti
- Calories: 107
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 22 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 3 mg