These Vegan Churro Biscotti with Cinnamon Sugar are perfectly crunchy for dunking in a hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, or on their own. Impossible to eat just one!
Continuing with more gift table holiday goodies with these Delicious Vegan Churro Biscotti just in time for the holidays! After your first bite memories of childhood carnivals will bring a warm smile to your face and nostalgia and happiness to everyone you share them with.
I love these Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti! They are crunchy, with loads of sweet cinnamon flavor and they’re perfect dipped into tea, cappuccino, or coffee. But who’s stopping you from enjoying them as a holiday-themed breakfast on the go, or after dinner for a light dessert? Seriously I can’t get enough of these.
Now, Biscotti are crispy, and they are supposed to be like that, not soft or chewy. Biscotti – as the name implies – means “twice baked”, and double baking these dainty Italian cookies is the secret to their crunchy texture. Their signature texture makes them perfect for dunking into your hot drink, or even some sweet dessert wine.
To make vegan biscotti or any biscotti recipe, the dough is shaped into a loaf and then baked. The baked loaf is then again cut into slices that are baked again until they become crispy. Once you’ve mastered making a traditional biscotti, your variations are endless. This churros version is my favorite and a love declaration to the Spanish streetfood classic “churros”!
More DIY gifts from the blog
- kitchari mix in a jar
- Indian Lentil soup in a Jar – Dal tadka
- Coconut Macaroon mix in a jar
- Gingerbread Cake for 1 in a jar – GF
- Brownie Mix in a Jar.
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Let’s make these crispy cinnamony biscotti!
Vegan Churro Biscotti - Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (187.5 g) flour I use all-purpose
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp almond flour , Omit to make nut free
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
wet ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (118.29 ml) non dairy milk
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 3 tbsp sugar
To coat:
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar I use a mixture of coconut sugar and brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch, almond flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, and set aside.
- In another bowl, mix the non dairy milk, oil, maple syrup, and sugar. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved.
- Combine the wet with the dry, and mix to make a sticky, stiff doughy mixture. Transfer this to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Wet your hands and using more water, shape the mixture into an oval, and press it down to even it out so that it is about 1/2-3/4 inches thick. Keep pressing, use a couple more drops of water for whenever it gets sticky again, and keep pressing and spread it out.
- In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon for topping until well combined, and then sprinkle this all over the dough(which should still be a bit wet on the top). Press it down lightly with your hands if needed.
- Bake at 350 degrees F(180 C) for 22-25 minutes. Check with a toothpick in the center.
- Remove the baking sheet, and let it cool completely, then using a very sharp or serrated knife, slice the oval into 1/2 inch thick slices. Spread these slices over the parchment-lined baking sheet again, flattened on the wider side of the biscotti.
- Bake at 275 degrees F (135 C) for 1 hour, or until the biscotti is crisp to your preference.
- Cool completely and then store in an airtight container and keep on the counter for up to three weeks. You can also ice these with a simple icing of sugar and non-dairy milk.
Notes
- If you want long slices like a coffee shop biscotti, slice the logs at an angle.
- After the first bake, allow the biscotti loaf to cool, If you cut them when they are hot the slices will crumble.You can even bake the log a day in advance and then complete the slicing and second bake the next day.
- After the second bake, make sure that the vegan biscotti cool on a wire rack to allow them to crisp completely.
- You can also ice these with a simple icing of sugar and non-dairy milk. Or go "churros con chocolate" and drizzle them with melted dark chocolate.
Nutrition
Ingredients:
- all-purpose flour, cornstarch and almond flour is the dry base for this recipe. The added almond flour makes these extra rich.
- baking powder makes these rise just perfectly.
- as these are churro-themed, we just NEED to add some cinnamon.
- wet ingredients are non-dairy milk and oil. Any milk will work and as for the oil – go with a neutral-tasting one.
- sweetness is provided by a mix of maple syrup and sugar
- To get that typical churro flavor, we sprinkle the biscotti liberally with cinnamon sugar. I use a mixture of coconut sugar and brown sugar but you can choose just one.
Vegan Biscotti Tips:
- Always use a serrated knife when cutting your biscotti (preferably a bread knife) in a smooth sawing motion to cut nice smooth clean slices.
- If you want long slices like a coffee shop biscotti, slice the logs at an angle.
- After the first bake, allow the biscotti loaf to cool, If you cut them when they are hot the slices will crumble. You can even bake the log a day in advance and then complete the slicing and second bake the next day.
- After the second bake, make sure that the vegan biscotti cool on a wire rack to allow them to crisp completely.
- You can also ice these with a simple icing of sugar and non-dairy milk. Or go “churros con chocolate” and drizzle them with melted dark chocolate.
How to make Vegan Churro Biscotti
In a bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch, almond flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, and set aside. In another bowl, mix the non-dairy milk, oil, maple syrup, and sugar. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved. Combine the wet with the dry, and mix to make a sticky, stiff doughy mixture.
Transfer this to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Wet your hands and using more water, shape the mixture into an oval, and press it down to even it out so that it is about 1/2-3/4 inches thick. Keep pressing, use a couple more drops of water for whenever it gets sticky again, and keep pressing and spread it out.
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon for topping until well combined, and then sprinkle this all over the dough. Press it down with your hands if needed.
Bake at 350 degrees f for 22-25 minutes. Check with a toothpick in the center. Remove the baking sheet, and let it cool completely, then using a sharp knife, slice the oval into 1/2 inch thick slices.
Spread these slices over the parchment-lined baking sheet again, flattened on the wider side of the biscotti.
Bake at 275 degrees F for 1 hour, or until the biscotti is crisp to your preference.
Cool completely and then store in an airtight container and keep on the counter for up to three weeks.
As a coffee and tea lover, I am keen on the fact that these are vegan biscotti are the perfect dunkers (no biscotti mush at the bottom of my mug).
Get creative with add-ins:
While these are perfect as they are, sometimes–especially around the holidays–you may want plus-perfect or make different kinds for gifting. If such is the case, consider adding all kinds of different flavorings and add-ins, such as:
- Chocolate chips: About 1/2 cup. Any variety of chips or chunks. You could also melt chocolate and dunk or spread the cooled biscotti with chocolate
- Extracts & Zests: Add about 1 teaspoon to the batter. Or add some almond extract (only 1/2 teaspoon or less), Another great addition would be citrus zest (with the cinnamon, I am thinking orange)
- Nuts or Seeds: About 1/2 cup total. If the nut pieces are large, give them a rough chop before adding.
- Chopped Dried Fruit: About 1/4 cup total. Chopped cranberries, apricots, raisins, mango, you name it!
I just made these and they are in the oven for the second bake. The bits I tasted are yummy so I can’t wait to taste the final product. I’m just curious about how you get 24 pieces out of this recipe, you must cut each one in half because there’s not way you could cut it in 1/2 inch pieces and get 24 slices. I did cut mine in half so they weren’t quite so large. I also made the Gingerbread biscotti and it’s in the oven too!
WOW!! These are amazing! Thanks for the recipe. I am out of any type of milk so I just used water and some vanilla. Perfect.
glad it turned out
The perfect biscotti! Not to sweet crispy, and very easy recipe!!
Excellent
Beautiful! And so easy! This will be a regular in my baking roster!!
Awesome
I love this recipe! It came out perfectly and was actually fun to make! Will be back for more recipes!
Awesome!!
Hi Richa, for the GF option, can I use GF all purpose flour? Or maybe just almond flour? Or does it have to be oat flour and almond flour like you’ve mentioned?
Thank you and happy Holidays
I don’t particularly have success with the prepacked blends but if you’re using the blends then yes you do not need to add any of the flours and starches as the blend would already have a combination of flours and starches
The recipe sound wonderful. Do you think you could sub the oil to make it oil free?
Yes just omit it
Finally the ‘perfect’ biscotti! Thank YOU Richa. This is delicious and the almond flour adds a lovely look with the little flecks of the almond skin. So crisp and not too sweet.
BTW one of our favorite desserts remains your Vegan Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Ganache frosting. I found that by adding a Tbl. of almond butter to the ganache during the melting gives it the creamy richness butter would have given it in the old days.
perfect, wow, thank yOU!
Perfect! First bake yesterday, and the second today. Wish I’d doubled the recipe as between the 2 of us, we’ve eaten more than half already! So, so good. Not too sweet….just how we like it! Perfect for a snowy afternoon in Sequim! Happy Solstice and welcome to the Light!
Fantastic, as always!!! Thanks again for all of your amazing recipes! They never fail!
Thank you so much for all your suggestions and recipes. Happy holidays
Going to try these today. Thank you for this Richa. Made the gingerbread a couple of days ago & was a huge hit! Thought you might find it funny that I get an advert on this page for lamb. Ugh! Think it’s karma that they won’t get any return on thir advertising budget here 😂😂😂 Wishing you & your family a fabulous and healthy Christmas!
Thanks! Yes it’s the holiday season so the advertisers are trying to sneak in through the blocks. Certain categories are blocked but advertisers can change their categories and label differently etc and my as service them manually removes them. I let them know about the ad. If you see one again, please send me a screen shot. Makes it easier to track them down 🙂
Will do. Just putting them in for second bake. OMG! So good. Just nibbling the bits that fell off when cutting. Made a gluten free dough so it’s a bit crumbly. Added some orange zest and chopped chashews. Thanks again!
Yay
Can you use almond meal instead of almond flour for this recipe?
Yes