These should have just the right sweetness if you add some dried fruit and/or chocolate chips in with the nuts.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword biscotti, Protein Flour, Thins
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Dough Chilling 3 hourshours
Servings 30
Cost 5
Ingredients
1cupprotein flour or AP or white whole wheat125 grams**
¾teaspoonbaking powder
¼teaspoonsalt
1whole egg54 grams
1egg white34 grams
6tablespoonscoconut sugar80 grams
¾teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupchopped walnuts or your favorite nutsUse more or less to taste
¼cupchocolate chips or any other type of chips or candyUse more or less to taste
⅓cupdried fruit such as dried cherries and apricots
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease the inside of an 8 ½ by 4 ½ inch loaf pan or two 6x3 inch loaf pans, line with strips of parchment paper and grease again. Foil is okay too.
In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the whole egg and the white for a minute. With the mixer on high speed, gradually add sugar and beat for another 2 minutes or until pale and bubbly. Beat in the vanilla or whatever flavor extract you like.
Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and stir with a heavy-duty scraper until blended, then fold in the nuts and other add-ins.
Spread mixture in the loaf pan (or pans). Dampen fingers with a little water and press lightly to even out the top. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until loaves look slightly browned and set.
Remove from oven and let cool, then remove from loaf pan and refrigerate until very firm. You can also freeze, but if you freeze it don’t freeze it solid or the loaves will be too hard. The goal is to get the loaf/loaves very firm so that you can make thin slices.
When the loaf (or loaves) are cold and firm, cut very thin slices and lay them on a baking sheet. Use whatever knife works best for you. I've been using a serrated knife with a sawing motion. Bake at 250 for about 30-40 minutes or until edges are brown and crisp. They should become fully crisp as they cool, so if they are well browned around the side you can take them out.
Notes
I way the flour and use 125 grams. That's a pretty light cup, so if you don't have a scale and can't weigh, make sure to fluff up your flour and scoop it into the cup without packing.