Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas4; grease a baking tray and line it with baking paper
Place the baking powder, sugar, flour, xanthan gum and ground almonds in a large bowl; add the eggs and mix well; slowly add the chopped almonds, cranberries, apricots, dates, pistachios, hazelnuts, lime zest and vanilla essence and then mix to form a dough
Roll into 4-cylinder shapes about 5cm in diameter and place on the baking tray, leaving plenty of space in between each one; slightly press the cylinder shapes down using wet fingertips
Bake in the preheated oven for 18-25 minutes until golden; remove from the oven and leave to cool; do not turn the oven off
Diagonally slice each cylinder into 8-10 slices 2.5cm thick; return the slices to the baking tray, cut side down and bake for a further 7 minutes; turn the biscuits over and cook the other sides for approximately 10 minutes
Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely on a wire rack
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