Try this addictively delicious copycat Trader Joe’s Almondina cookie recipe.This fruit and nut biscotti toast crisp recipe is the hazelnut and date version of the original almondina crips recipe. Fruit and nut crostini are wonderful served with coffee, as a simple snack or alongside a cheese and charcuterie board.
If you like this biscotti toast crips recipe try my traditional biscotti recipes: Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti , Cranberry almond biscotti recipe and serve them with my fast cold brew coffee recipe.
Should I use toasted or raw hazelnuts?
I recommend using the raw, non toasted, unsalted hazelnuts. When the fruit and nut crips are sliced thin and then baked for a second time, the hazelnuts could burn if they were already toasted.
Whole or chopped dates?
I recommend chopped dates. Start with whole dates, slice and remove the pit and then chop.
How do I make mini Almondina crips?
There are two options when it comes to the size of your Almondina thins. Use a traditional 9x5 loaf pan to make long fruit and nut crips. Or if you like to make mini almondina fruit and nut thins, use 3 mini loaf pans.
Almondina Hazelnut Date Thins Ingredients
- Flour
- Hazelnuts, Whole, Raw
- Dates, Chopped
- brown sugar
- milk
- sunflower seeds, unsalted
- baking soda
- salt
How to make the Almondia thins, crispy.
- Transfer to freezer and freeze at least 1 hour, but no more than 3 hours.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Use sharp serrated knife to cut loaf into ⅛-inch thick slices. The semi frozen state of the loaf will help keep the cookie from crumbling while being sliced so thinly.
- Arrange slices in single layer on a cookie sheet.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown, flipping halfway through baking. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store at room temperature in airtight container up to 1 week.
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Almondina Hazelnut Date Thins
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Ingredients
Almondina Hazelnut Date Thins Ingredients
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1 Cup Hazelnuts (Whole, Raw)
- 1 Cup Dates (Chopped)
- ¼ Cup (brown sugar)
- ¾ Cup (milk)
- ¼ Cup (sunflower seeds, unsalted)
- ¼ Teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Homemade Fruit And Nut Crisps Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray bottom and sides of loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, combine flour, hazelnuts, chopped dates, sunflower seeds, brown sugar, salt and baking soda.
- Stir in milk. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan. The mixture will be thick.
- Bake 60 minutes until golden brown.
- After 30 minutes, remove from the pan.
- Cool completely on cooling rack.
How to make the Almondia thins, crisp.
- Transfer to freezer and freeze at least 1 hour, but no more than 3 hours.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Use sharp serrated knife to cut loaf into ⅛-inch thick slices. The semi frozen state of the loaf will help keep the cookie from crumbling while being sliced so thinly.
- Arrange slices in single layer on a cookie sheet.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown, flipping halfway through baking. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store at room temperature in airtight container up to 1 week.
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Sarah Mock
Laura,
Without being there with you I can't say for certain. It depends on the humidity in your house, the amount of moister that was removed through baking and how they were stored. Always store in an air-tight container. It IS a waiting game when it comes to getting the crisp on the second bake.
I hope this helps a bit!
Sarah
Laura
Delicious! But mine became soggy the next day. Next time I might try baking at a slightly lower temp for longer to get all the moisture out. Any other suggestions about what might've happened? Will try the Almondina next. I think Trader Joe's discontinued them, so it's great to have a recipe. Thanks!
Sarah
It takes a few steps but the steps are SOOO WORTH IT!!!
Sues
I've bought these thins before and love them, but never considered making them myself, so I'm thrilled to have found this recipe! These are packed with so much good stuff!
Sarah
Thank you!! These are a BIG favorite in my house.
Nellie Tracy
Holy delicious! These are absolutely beautiful and delicious.
Jane Q.
Sarah, thank you for this post. Its very inspiring.