Go Back
Peanut butter and prune biscotti

Peanut butter and prune biscotti

Crunchy and delicious peanut butter and prune biscotti
Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 90 grams or 6 tablespoon peanut butter ( crunchy or smooth)
  • 42 grams or 3 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 100 grams or 1/2 cup castor or granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 190 grams or 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup prunes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 180 C / 350 F . Line a cookie sheet with parchment
  • In a bowl, whisk together flour , baking powder and salt. Keep aside
  • In another bowl , beat together the peanut butter, butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  • Add the eggs , ONE BY ONE, and beat well until incorporated
  • Beat in the vanilla
  • Add the flour mixture and beat until a dough forms.
  • Add the chopped prunes and mix into the dough.
  • Shape the dough into one log around 8 X 3 inches ( or 2 logs if you want shorter cookies).
  • Place on prepared cookie sheet and bake at 180 C / 350 F for 30 minutes
  • Take the sheet out and cool for 10 minutes . Leave the oven on.
  • Using a knife, cut 1 inch thickness slices from the log.
  • Place the slices on the parchment . There is no need to leave space in between as they wont expand anymore.
  • Bake for 15 minutes. Turn the slices around ( so the surface earlier facing up now lies down on the parchment ) and bake for 10 more minutes , or until completely hard.
  • Cool on wire rack.

Notes

This recipe makes about 20 large finger sized cookies . You can double the recipe .
These last for 2 weeks or longer in an airtight container
You can use smooth or crunchy peanut butter. I used crunchy !
The wider your cookie log , the longer your final cookies will be . So if you want shorter cookies (and more cookies) , you can make two logs . These logs can be baked at once if you have a big enough sheet or in batches. 
The longer your cookie log, the more cookies you will have.
Prunes are optional, feel free to leave out or replace with nuts / dried fruit or chocolate chips.
My measuring cup is 240 ml.