Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Biscotti

The other day I was perusing some recipe sites and saw pictures of  delicious looking biscotti. Biscotti is something that I have not had since going vegan, so I started researching recipes. It seems that the basic recipe is 2 parts flour to 1 part sugar and enough egg to pull it together into a dough that is rolled into a log, baked, sliced, and then baked again.

I decided to use my favorite egg replacer of water and ground golden flax seed. Once the cookies were done, I dipped them in dark chocolate and voila my craving was satisfied.

Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Biscotti

Ingredients:

6 tbsp water
2 tbsp ground flax seed

1/2 stick vegan margarine, melted (4 tbsp)
1 cup sugar

2 tbsp vanilla extract

2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder

1 cup chocolate chips
1 tbsp soy milk

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

Combine the water and finely ground flax seed and mix to combine. Set aside to let thicken. Use an electric mixture to cream the melted margarine and sugar together.

Add the water and flax mixture, and the vanilla to the butter and sugar and mix to combine. Then add the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix it all together until all the flour is incorporated and it forms a slightly sticky dough.

Divide the dough in half and roll them into long logs. Then gently press them into 3 inch long strips. Put the rows of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and let the cookies cool for about 10 minutes. Then you want to slice them into 1 inch pieces with a sharp knife. Put the cookies back on the cookie sheet, and line them up so they are on their side (with a cut side up).

Reduce the oven heat to 275 and put the cookies back into the oven for 15 minutes. Then turn the heat off and let them sit in the oven to dry out.

For 24 cookies. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 35 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  130 Calories from Fat  38

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  4.3g 7%

Saturated Fat  1.8g 9%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  2mg 1%

Sodium  52mg 2%

Potassium  88mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates  21.0g 7%

Dietary Fiber  0.7g 3%

Sugars  12.1g

Protein  1.8g

Vitamin A 2% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 3% • Iron 5%

Nutrition Grade C-

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet