Tuscan Spice And Almond Biscotti Recipes

CANTUCCINI BISCOTTI

Steps:

• PREHEAT the oven to 180/350/gas 4. GREASE a 28cm round shallow cake tin with a little butter and line with baking parchment. MELT the butter in a small saucepan over a medium heat, remove from the heat and leave to cool. MIX together in a large bowl the flour, almonds, sugar, salt and baking powder. ADD the eggs, cognac, vanilla extract and orange zest. STIR together until well combined. ADD the cooled butter to the flour mixture and mix until it starts to form a dough - it will be quite crumbly. PRESS the dough into the base of the cake tin with the palms of your hands, squashing it right into the corners. It should cover the whole base, 3cm deep. BAKE in the oven for 25 minutes, until risen slightly and golden brown. If you remove them now they will be chewy. For a harder biscuits leave an extra 10 mins longer. REMOVE from the oven and turn onto a wire rack to cool. Cu CUT into large fingers and sprinkle with icing sugar.

ORANGE ALMOND BISCOTTI I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat sugar, butter or margarine, orange peel and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and almonds.
• Shape half of dough at a time into rectangle, 10 x 3 inches, on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cookie sheet for 15 minutes.
• Cut crosswise into 1/2 inch slices. Place slices cut sides down on cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes or until crisp and light brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

PUMPKIN BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325° F. Position rack in the center.
• Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and salt).
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs and brown sugar for a few minutes.
• Add the pumpkin puree, oil, vanilla extract, and whisk together for another minute or so.
• Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients; stir with wooden spoon until just incorporated.
• Use a large spoon to scoop out the dough and place it on the parchment lined cookie sheet. Add another scoop adjacent to the batter on the cookie sheet and keep going until two logs are formed.With damp fingers, shape into a log shape.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until golden brown in color and firm to the touch. Allow to cool slightly for about 10 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet and transfer to cutting board.
• Using a serrated knife, slice cookies at an angle about 1/2 - 3/4 inch thick.
• Place slices back on the baking sheets, and return them to the oven for about another 15-20 minutes (the longer they stay in the oven, the crispier they get). Turn them over at the half way mark.
• Place on a wire rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• On an unlined cookie sheet toast almonds for approximately 5 minutes in the pre-heated oven. Remove from oven, move to a small bowl and let cool.
• In a medium bowl beat eggs and sugar to combine, then add flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, honey, vanilla and zest and combine with a wooden spoon, then fold in the almonds.
• Move to a lightly floured flat surface and gently knead into a soft dough.
• Divide into 2-3 parts and form into 2-3 logs (I found 3 logs to be just right). Approximately 8-10 inches long, place on prepared cookie sheet and brush with beaten egg (a small egg), bake for approximately 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let sit 5 minutes and then cut each log into 1/4 inch slices on the diagonal, place cut side up on the cookie sheet and bake again for approximately 5-10 minutes or until dry. Let cool completely before dipping in melted chocolate. Enjoy!

TUSCAN SPICE AND ALMOND BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Finely grind 1/3 cup of the toasted almonds in a food processor.
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine the ground almonds, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and allspice.
• In a mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter.
• Add honey, egg, vanilla extract and almond extract to the creamed mixture.
• Gradually blend in dry mixture and remaining 2/3 cup almonds.
• On a well floured surface, shape dough into two logs.
• Transfer logs to a baking sheet or baking stone, leaving space between the two logs.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until firm and lightly brown.
• Cool logs on a wire rack for at least 5 minutes.
• Cut logs into 3/4-inch slices.
• Place slices in a single layer on the baking sheet, leaving space around each slice.
• Continue baking about 10-15 minutes or until desired crispness.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.