Holiday treats to echo your wishes for good health and long life.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup almond flour
• 2 tbsp flax meal
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 1/2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1/4 tsp vanilla bean powder
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup fresh cranberries, crushed into chunky pieces by pulsing a few times in Magic Bullet/ blender
• zest of 3/4th fresh orange orange or 1 1/2 tbsp dried orange zest
• 100% dark chocolate, 2-3 squares

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Combine all dry ingredients
3. Add honey, cranberries, orange zest. Mix well and fold in chopped pecans.
4. Divide the dough into 2
5. Flatten out each dough into 13×3″ sized sheets onto a cookie tray lined with parchment paper
6. Bake for 350 F for 15 minutes
7. Take out of oven and cut each dough into 7-8 pieces with a long, sharp, serrated edged knife
8. Spread out the slices on the tray and bake at 300 F for 7-10 minutes or until the slices are golden brown.
9. Cool for 30- 40 min
10. Melt chocolate in microwave and transfer to into a ziploc bag (toward a corner). Snip off the tip of that corner. Use this as chocolate piping bag for your biscotties.

Notes
Makes 14- 16 medium sized biscotties. Each biscotti has 4g carbs.
Do not use dried cranberries because they always contain sugar or juice
Serving Suggestions- limit to 1 biscotti a day per person
Zest: if zesting is difficult, crush orange peels into small chunky pieces in a blender separate from cranberries.