Vegan nut and fruit cantucci
vegan
5 March, 2024 by
Vegan nut and fruit cantucci
Eliane Wanner
 

Fancy something special? Then try these delicious nut and fruit cantucci! Easy to bake, perfect for snacking. Bring a piece of Italy into your home!

Getting ready: 10 Min | Preperation: 20 Min | Resting time for the dough: 30 Min | Time in the oven: 40 Min | Total: 1h 40


Ingredients for approx. 24 pieces

• 300 g Weissmehl
• 1 TL Backpulver
• 200 g Rohrohrzucker
• 2 EL Sojamehl
• 5 EL pflanzliche Milch
• 50 g vegane Butter (weich)
• 30 g Pakka Cashews
- 30 g Pakka almonds
- 30 g Pakka hazelnuts
- 40 g dried cranberries
- 40 g dried dates
- 40 g candied oranges
- 1 tbsp Cointreau

How to make it 

  1. Roughly chop the nuts and fruit.
  2. Mix 2 tbsp of soya flour with 5 tbsp of plant-based milk in a bowl.
  3. Place this mixture in a bowl with the flour, baking powder, sugar, vegan butter and 1 tbsp Cointreau and mix well, add the chopped fruit and nuts to the mixture and combine to form a dough.
  4. Shape the dough into two rolls approx. 5 cm in diameter, wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees top/bottom heat.
  6. Place the rolls without the cling film on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly.
  7. Then use a sharp bread knife to cut the cantucci into pieces approx. 1½ cm thick and place them cut-side down on the baking tray.
  8. Bake in the oven for a further 5 minutes, then turn and finish baking for 5 minutes.
  9. Remove the cantucci from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.




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