Honey "Tree Bark" Biscuits

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Honey "Tree Bark" Biscuits is a vegetarian dessert. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 151 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, granulated sugar, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
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Cut 2 sheets of parchment paper to line bottom of a large 4-sided sheet pan (17 by 13 by 1 inch).
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Pulse together flour, walnuts, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt in a food processor until nuts are finely ground.
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Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.
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Whisk together honey, egg, and vanilla, then add to flour mixture and pulse just until dough comes together. (Dough will be soft.)
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Transfer dough to 1 sheet of trimmed parchment (not in pan) and cover with second sheet.
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Roll over with a rolling pin to spread dough evenly between sheets into a roughly 15- by 11-inch rectangle.
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Transfer dough in parchment to pan and remove top sheet.
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Using wet offset spatula, spread doughinto corners of pan to cover parchment completely. Holding a paring knife sideways, drag tip over dough at roughly 1/2-inch intervals to create lines resembling those on tree bark.
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10
Sprinkle dough evenly with turbinado sugar.
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Bake in upper third of oven until set and dry to the touch, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes.
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Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.
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Run a knife around edge of pan, then invert bark onto a work surface. Discard parchment.
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14
Fold bark in half lengthwise so that it breaks with uneven edges. Repeat with each piece. Tear each strip crosswise into 6 pieces.
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Divide biscuits, sugar sides up, between2 baking sheets (biscuits may touch).
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Bake, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until deep golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes. (Biscuits will crisp completely as they cool.)
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Transfer to racks to cool.
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Biscuits improve in flavor if baked 3 days ahead and will keep in an airtight container 1 week.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings24
Health Score1
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