I had never made biscotti before tonight. I was watching an episode of Giada De Laurentiis the other day and she made a biscotti for Christmas. It looked fairly easy so I though it was no big deal... I was right! I saw this recipe on Fountain Avenue Kitchen (written by Ann Fulton) today and since I had everything it called for in the kitchen I decided to try it tonight. Super easy and yummy!!!! I don't drink tea or coffee, but I'm pretty sure this would go great with it :)
Snickerdoodle Biscotti
Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large egg white
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Measure flour into a large bowl being careful not to pack the flour
into the measuring cups. (Scoop into cups and then level with a knife to
prevent getting too much flour.)
3. Add the 1 cup sugar, baking
powder and salt.
4. Mix the oil, vanilla and 3 whole eggs in a small bowl. Add to the
large bowl. Your dough will be dry and quite crumbly.
5. Turn the dough out onto a
floured surface. Knead and sort of mush together. At first it will seem too
dry–I was skeptical the first time!–but it will come together.
6. Divide in half. Shape each
portion into a roll about 8 inches long, and place them several inches apart on
a cookie sheet lined with parchment.
7. Flatten each roll so they are
about 1 inch thick.
8. Combine the 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Brush the tops of the
rolls with the egg white and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. It may seem
like too much, but sprinkle it all on, tilting the baking sheet a bit so you
can get the sides, too.
9. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
10. Remove loaves from the baking sheet and cool for 15 minutes.
11. Cut diagonally into 1/2 inch slices and lay them cut sides down on
the cookie sheet again.
12. Reduce the oven temperature
to 325 degrees. Bake 10 more minutes, turn over and bake 10 minutes more. They
will be soft in the middle but will harden as they cool.
13. Cool completely on a wire
rack and store in an airtight container.