Classic Italian biscotti for dipping into a steaming espresso.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer mix together the flour, espresso powder, cinnamon, baking soda and powder, sugar, salt and orange zest. In a small bowl beat together the eggs and vanilla. Add them all at once to the dry ingredients and beat until a dough is formed. Stir in almonds.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured board and form it into a ball. Halve it and form each half into a log approximately 30cm long and 5cm wide. Arrange logs on a buttered and floured baking sheet about 7cm apart.
- Bake logs in the middle of oven for 40 minutes or until they are firm all over and browned. Remove them from the oven, let cool for a few minutes. On a cutting board slice logs on a diagonal about 1.5cm thick. Arrange the slices back on baking sheet and bake them for approximately 10 minutes on each side or until golden throughout.
- Cool biscotti to room temperature. Store them in an airtight container in single layers between waxed paper for up to 2 weeks.
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