This is one of the classic recipes that goes with anything and everything milk, tea, coffee or just a evening snack, liked by kids and adults alike. There can be a lot variations to this recipe depending on which flavor of biscotti you want chocolate, citrus or with nuts. Here, is a very simple, quick and tasty recipe for a biscotti.
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1cup all-purpose flour
- 1tsp salt
- 1tsp baking powder
- ½ cup almond flakes
- 4 oz baking chocolate (optional)
Tips:
- Use ingredients at room temperature.
- If dough sticks to the hand lightly grease your hands with butter.
- Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the biscotti. They can easily overbake and hard to bite.
Directions:
- Â Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
- Â Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl.
- Add eggs, vanilla extract and almond flour to the bowl and mix well.
- Â Sieve all the dry ingredients and slowly fold it with wet ingredients.
- Fold in almond flakes in the mixture.
- Â Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet.
- Â Divide the dough in two parts, make each them into a log and arrange them on the baking tray about 5-6 inches apart.
- Â Bake for 20-25 minutes until light brown around the edges.
- Â Let the logs cool and then slice them at an angle to make longer biscotti.
- Put the biscotti in the oven again for 13-15 minutes.
- Take them out and let it cool completely.
- Melt baking chocolate in a microwave at 10 sec intervals and dip biscotti in it and let the chocolate set in. Enjoy.
