HONEY BISCOTTI
Excellent served with coffee or as a snack alone, this charming twice-baked cookie is a variation on the classic crispy biscotti, but flavored with the delicate essence of honey and orange. Although the honey marries beautifully with other flavors, it is still the most profound taste, so be sure to choose a high quality honey. Any nut can be used (even the traditional pine nut), but we're partial to how wonderfully pistachios complement the honey in this combination.
Provided by Annacia
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 48 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Using the paddle attachment of an electric mixer, cream the butter until light and creamy.
- Beat in sugar and honey until smooth, then add eggs one at a time.
- Add vanilla and orange flower water and mix to thoroughly combine.
- Mix dry ingredients into the wet just until mixed.
- The dough should be stiff at this point.
- Stir in the orange zest and pistachios.
- Divide dough in half.
- On a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper, shape each half into a 12x3-inch log.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
- Remove from the oven and transfer logs to a cutting board.
- Reduce oven to 325°F
- While still warm, Use a long serrated knife to cut each log diagonally into ½-inch slices.
- If logs become cool and begins to crack when cut, rewarm in the oven for about 30 seconds until soft enough to slice easily.
- Arrange the cut strips back on the baking sheet and bake for another 20 minutes, until dry, crisp and lightly colored. Remove from the oven and cool completely on wire racks, then store in an airtight container.
- [Chef�s Note: If you do not have access to orange flower water, feel free to substitute orange extract or use all vanilla extract. Biscotti will continue to crisp as they cool after the second baking, so be careful not to over bake. These cookies will keep for a few weeks stored in an airtight container; they also freeze nicely in an airtight plastic bag for a few months.].
Nutrition Facts : Calories 67.7, Fat 2.1, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 10.3, Sodium 52.7, Carbohydrate 11.2, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 5.2, Protein 1.4
HAZELNUT, ORANGE AND HONEY BISCOTTI
Orange, hazelnut and honey make a wonderful combination in this whole wheat biscotti. The hard cookies should be sliced thin, which will yield a lot of cookies! They are wonderful dipped in tea.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dessert
Time 2h
Yield 5 dozen smaller cookies (cut across the log)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Whisk together the flour, hazelnut flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl with a whisk or electric beater, beat together the honey and eggs for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beaters. Add the vanilla, orange liqueur or juice, and orange zest and beat for another minute. Turn off the mixer, scrape down the bowl and beaters, and add the flour mixture. Mix in at low speed until combined. The batter will be sticky. Add the hazelnuts and mix until well combined.
- Using a spatula or a bowl scraper, scrape out half the batter onto the baking sheet. Moisten your hands so the dough won't stick, and form a log, about 12 inches long by 2 1/2 inches wide. Repeat with the other half of the batter. The logs can be on the same baking sheet but make sure there is at least 2 inches of space between them.
- Place in the oven and bake 40 to 45 minutes, until lightly browned and dry. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack for 20 minutes (or longer). Place on a cutting board and slice thin, about 1/3 inch, either straight across the logs (for more, but smaller biscotti) or on the diagonal (for more traditionally shaped biscotti).
- Place the cookies on baking sheets and return one sheet at a time to the middle rack of the oven. Bake 15 minutes. Flip the cookies over and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes, until hard and lightly browned. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 50, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 16 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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