Let’s make a super easy last-minute gift idea, Almond Biscotti, with @hexclad ✨☕️ #hexcladpartner Makes: 20-22 Biscotti Recipe: Ingredients: 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (113 g) salted butter (softened) 1/3 cup (113 g) pure maple syrup 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla paste (or extract) 2 1/4 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 cup almonds (toasted) Additional: 2 tbsp turbinado sugar Instrcutions: 1 To toast your almonds, preheat your oven to 350 F. Add the almonds to a baking sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes or until warm and fragrant. Roughly chop and set aside. 2 Descrease the oven temperature to 325 F. To make the biscotti dough, beat the sugar and butter until fluffy and lighter in colour (~3 mins) 3 Add in the vanilla, and eggs, beating in one at a time. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Then fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. 4 Lastly, fold in the chopped almonds. 5 Line the baking sheet with parchment paper and split the dough into 2 logs. 6 Sprinkle the logs with the turbinado sugar, and bake for 27-30 minutes or until lightly golden brown. 7 Allow to cool for 10 minutes, before slicing them carefully into cookies. 8 Lay them back on the baking sheet with parchment and bake for 10 minutes, flip, then another 12 minutes. 9 Allow to cool fully before adding into gift bags!