Gluten Free Biscotti
Gluten free biscotti has arrived! We are thrilled to share our recipe for this delicious, twice-baked, Italian delight. While in Italy, Dave and I had a difficult time finding biscotti made with gluten free flour. I came home determined to create a tasty version that we could eat. Presto! We love our version as the cookies are light, crispy, and full of texture and flavor. No need to visit the dentist afterwards because you chipped a tooth. (Have you ever had biscotti that was so rock hard that you could hammer nails with it?) Our biscotti is enamel safe. Ha!
Biscotti Bonus
Twice-baked, with a bonus. Our gluten free biscotti recipe does not contain any added dairy or gums. We discovered that the neither ingredient was necessary to create the perfect cookie. We also discovered that biscotti is easily adaptable to include your favorite add-ins. The combinations are numerous! Just pick a craving – pistachio nuts and chocolate chips or almonds and dried cherries. We have made this recipe so many times in crazy ways. Our biscotti always comes out tasting amazing!
Dunk, Nibble & Enjoy: Successful Baking
Making biscotti is so EASY! Really, do not let the process intimidate you, at all. However, we discovered a few tricks that help to make the recipe successful, gluten free, and delicious.
- Toast the nuts. Toasting not only enhance the flavor, but the toasted nuts do not soak up the moisture and dry out the cookie.
- Use the manual method of combining – a sturdy spoon! No need to beat the dough into light and fluffy heights. You want a denser texture.
- Use wet hands to shape the dough into logs, and do not bake more than two logs on a regular, parchment lined baking sheet. Logs will spread!
- If you choose to put the dough into loaf pans, increase the baking time by a several minutes and use 9×5′ loaf pans. It also helps to liberally grease your loaf pan, and line with parchment if it is prone to sticking.
- We discovered that once the log has baked and spread out, it is easier to cut when cooled. You may cut it after it settles for about 10-15 minutes out of the oven if you are in a hurry, but note that the log may crumble a bit. You can avoid this by adding a bit of xanthan gum to the mix, but I did not find the few extra crumbs to be worth the addition.
- Twice-baked does not mean burnt or “hard as hockey pucks.” A gentle convection heat for 10 minutes during the second bake makes delightfully crispy cookies.
- VIP! Cut the cookies from one side to the other instead of directly cutting down from the top for best results.
- Feel free to add a few ounces of your favorite add-ins. You may also vary the type of nuts used. We love the combinations of almond/cranberry, pistachio/cherry and hazelnut/chocolate.
Special Thanks
This recipe is an adaptation of Maria Vannelli’s Almond Biscotti recipe. She was gracious enough to share her Italian family’s recipe with her readers. What changes did we make? We used Flour Farm Organic Gluten Free Flour Blend for starters! Also, we downplayed the sweetness of the original recipe by substituting coconut sugar for the granulated sugar, used a bit more avocado oil instead of olive oil, and balanced out the flavors of vanilla and almond. We hope you enjoy the result as much as we do with our morning almond coffee.
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An important note: This recipe successfully uses Flour Farm Organic Gluten Free Flour Blend. Flour Farm may be purchased through our website or through our partners: Amazon.com & Azure Standard. If you choose to make this with another flour blend, please know that your results may differ.
Peace & LOVE – Teri
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– Teri & Dave
Recipe Inspiration: Our tour of Italy; Photos by DuPree Productions; Recipe updated 4.20 for clarity
Gluten Free Biscotti in the Flour Farm Kitchen
Form Logs 
First Bake 
Baking with a Loaf Pan 
Slice 
Ready for 2nd Bake 
Perfect!
Gluten Free Biscotti
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 36 cookies 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Take a break and relax, Italian style, with our classic gluten free Biscotti and your favorite beverage. Dunk, nibble and enjoy!
Ingredients
Choose Gluten Free, Non-GMO & Organic Ingredients.
Note: If clicking the 2X or 3X scale boxes to the right, please know that weights listed in parentheses below may or may not change. Please take care to check amounts if increasing the recipe.
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Dry
- 270g (9.5 oz) Flour Farm Organic Gluten Free Flour Blend (2 1/2 C – 2 tsp spoon & level)
- 1 1/2 tsp Aluminum Free, Double Acting Baking Powder (7g)
- 1/2 tsp Extra Fine Pink Himalayan Salt (3g)
- 77g (2.7 oz) Unrefined Coconut Sugar (1/2 C)
- 150g (5.3 oz) Light Brown Sugar (packed 3/4 C)
Add
- 138g (4.7 oz) Roasted & Chopped Nuts (1 C)
- 1/2 C Chopped Dried Fruit – optional (weight will vary with fruit choice)
Wet
- 3 Large Pasture Raised Eggs (150g)
- 133 ml (4.5 fl oz) Avocado Oil, or oil of choice (1/2 C + 1 T)
- 1 tsp Pure Almond Extract (5 ml); Omit and use extract of choice or 2 tsp of vanilla
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract (5 ml)
- 1 tsp Zest of Lemon or Orange (2g)
Instructions
Equipment: Digital Scale (preferred), Baking Sheets or 9×5″ Loaf Pans, Mixing Bowls (m, l), Whisk, Sturdy Mixing Spoon, Measuring Spoons & Cups, Cutting Board, Sharp Knife, Unbleached Parchment, Cooling Rack
Before You Dive In – Prep: Please read!
- Bring eggs to room temperature (preferred)
- Toast nuts & cool (bake in a single layer on a baking sheet at 325 F/163 C for 10-15 minutes)
- Roughly chop nuts to desired size
- Zest a lemon or orange
- Move oven rack to center
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (163 C)
- Place unbleached parchment on baking sheet and grease/spray lightly, or grease loaf pans (try our non-stick baking Goop)
Make biscotti!
Step 1: Whisk together dry ingredients in a medium size bowl.
Step 2: Whisk in nuts and dried fruit (if using). Set aside.
Step 3: In a separate large bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, extracts and zest.
Step 4: Add flour mixture to wet mixture and thoroughly combine with a heavy spoon.
Step 5: Scoop out the dough into two even vertical logs on a parchment lined baking sheet. Shape dough with wet hands into two smooth logs (see pics). Leave about 4 inches between each log, and keep the height of each log at about 1.5″ (3.8 cm). Alternatively, scoop dough evenly into two 9×5″ prepared loaf pans.
Step 6: Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool the entire pan on a cooling rack for 30 min to 1 hour.
Step 7: Move logs, one at a time, to a cutting board (I cut the parchment in half and move the log on the parchment to the cutting board.) Cut cookies at an angle or straight, 1/2″ to 3/4″ (1.25 – 2 cm) thick. Take care to use a side to side rocking motion with the knife to make the job easier with less crumbling.
Second Bake (Some people prefer not to second bake – no problem! Skip steps 8 & 9.)
Note: If you have a convection oven – switch from bake mode to convection mode 325 F/163 C. (preferred method)
Step 8: Gently transfer cookies onto another baking sheet, (we use a rimless cookie sheet to make transfer easier.) Bake cookies bottom side down for about 10 minutes if using convection, 10-15 minutes if using a regular bake cycle. The longer you keep the cookies in the oven, the crunchier they will be. Cookies will appear a deep golden brown when done.
Step 9: Remove from oven and cool on the pan for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack until fully cooled. Cookies stay delicious when stored for several days on the counter or frozen for up to a month.
Enjoy!
Notes
Fruit Tips: We like to use unsweetened fruit whenever possible. The tartness of dried, unsweetened cranberries can be a bit much for some people. To remedy this, I soak my berries for about 15 minutes in 1 cup of hot water with a teaspoon of dissolved sugar. Squeeze excess water out of berries before adding to recipe.
Fun Idea: Melt chocolate and dip or drizzle over biscotti for a decadent treat.
Nutrition information provided below is for the recipe as written using organic almonds and cranberries sweetened in 1 tsp of dissolved monk fruit sugar.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 55mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
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Really love what you all are doing, the time chatting with Dave was the absolute highlight of the week and the biscotti and cookies – to die for! I ate the cookies but took a biscotti home for my wife, she LOVED it! (This comment was reposted from an email from Cory.)
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Cant wait to try this! Bless your heart for sharing you precious recipe ??
You are welcome! Teri
I loved the biscotti! I substituted 1 cup monk fruit for the 3/4 cup of brown sugar. I used raisins and mixed nuts. Before I formed the dough balls, it was too dry and I needed to add about a 1/4 cup of water. Baked twice and let go 30 minutes both times. I also used 4 Tsp of vanilla and 1 Tsp of almond extract. Came out dry and crispy, golden brown and held together. They were delicious!! But I couldn’t even wait for the coffee to dunk them in. I might drizzle a little salted caramel on a few, instead of other frosting. Oh, I also put some chocolate chips in one of the balls. Did I say they were delicious? Thanks flour Farm for sharing.
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Excellent news! Thank you for sharing – T & D
Thank you, thank you, thank you, this is about the 5th recipe I have tried all others a complete failure I am so grateful to finally find your recipe and the biscotti was fabulous…..one of my favorite indulgences is biscotti…..I have to eat gluten free….and every recipe I tried was a disaster…. I will be buying flour.farm very. Soon….I made this recipe with a good gluten free flour and it came out wonderful……I can hardly wait to try it with flour farm…….thanks again…….
Thank you! So happy to hear the recipe worked for you. T & D