ALMOND BISCOTTI
 
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Recipe type: Cookie
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cup flour (175 gr)
  • ¼ cup semolina (50 gr)
  • ½ cup granulated sugar (115 gr)
  • 3 generous Tbsp butter, room temp (50 gr)
  • 1 large egg
  • zest of 1 large orange
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • ⅔ cup unblanched almonds (100 gr)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp orange liqueur or cognac (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C) and line your baking tray with parchment.
  2. Beat butter and sugar with an electric whisk until smooth and mix in the egg.
  3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, ground coriander and salt.
  4. Combine all ingredients except the almonds and mix till you have a soft dough.
  5. Mix in the almonds and halve the dough.
  6. Shape each half into two flat logs about 9 inches long and 2½ inches wide (23x6).
  7. Bake for about 30 mins, until golden and a little firm to the touch. Remove from the oven, let cool.
  8. When cool cut each log into ½ inch slices, using a serrated knife.
  9. Return to the baking sheet and cook for a further 10-15 mins until golden and crisp.
  10. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
They'll keep for a few weeks stored in an airtight container.

Make sure the logs are cooled before slicing them, otherwise they will crumble.

You'll end up with about 24 biscottis, you can shape the logs thinner for more but they'll be smaller in size.
Recipe by HatiBon English at https://www.hatibon.com/blog/2018/01/almond-biscotti/