APRICOT/PISTACHIO BISCOTTI

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Categories     Cookies     Dessert     Bake

Number Of Ingredients 10

2-3/4 C. flour
1/4 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1 C. unsalted butter - softened
1 C. sugar
2 egg yolks - save the whites
1 t. vanilla
1/2 C. dried appricots, diced
1/2 C. toasted whole pistachios - chopped
Parchment paper

Steps:

  • Mix together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy then beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Add apricots and nuts. The batter will be VERY thick - I usually mix by hand at the end. Separately beat 2 egg whites with 2 T. sugar until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into dough 1/3 at a time until fully incorporated Preheat oven to 375. Shape dough into two 12" logs (5" wide squared off on ends) on parchment lined cookie sheet. The dough is very sticky - you can flour your hands to help form logs. Bake for 20 min. and then let cool 20 min. Slice into 3/8" slices. This is difficult as the dough has a crust and the insides are mushy. I slice and then lift with the edge of the knife to turn on their sides in single layer on cookie sheet (using a serrated knife helps). Lower oven temp to 250 and bake 20 minutes, turn over and bake another 20 min. To make them nice and crispy, I turned the oven off and left them in the oven overnight...I've also just left them in the oven for a couple of hours after baking.

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