Almond Biscotti

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So, this tastes like a barely sweet Italian biscotti, so I like it. It's a great first effort, and I would absolutely  make this again. I combined the recipe from my "Cook's Illustrated Baking Book" cookbook with some tips I read on sallysbakingaddiction.com. If I made them for company, I would at least 3/4 cup of sugar.


 Almond Biscotti


1 1/4 cups (6 25. oz) whole almonds, lightly toasted

1 3/4 cups (8.75 ounces) flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp salt I also did 1 tsp. of anise seed, ground and next time I would do at least 1 1/2 tsp.

2 eggs, plus 1 egg white for glazing that is beaten and mixed with pinch of salt

1 cup sugar I did 1/2 cup, 50% brown, 50% white, and I would do all white next time

4 T. butter, melted and cooled I did 3 T butter and 1 T canola oil

1 1/2 tsp. almond extract I would go generous

1/2 tsp. vanilla I would go generous


So, you toast the almonds in a 300 degree oven for about 11 minutes. They will barely be toasted. Take them out and reserve 1/4 cup. Put the rest in a food processor and process for about 9 pulses, until they are big, but not massive. Take them out and then pulse the 1/4 cup until it is very finely ground. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, and anise and then pulse to combine. Put this in a separate bowl. Put the 2 eggs in the food processor and pulse for about 2-3 minutes, until it gets light and about double in volume. Then, you add the sugar, slowly, and the fat and the extracts. Then. you put half of this on top of the flour and fold it in, and then put the other half and the almonds and combine it. You make it into 2 8 inch by 3 inch rectangles. You brush these with the egg white and bake it at 325 for 25 minutes. You take it out and cool it for 3 minutes and then cut it on an angle into about 1/2 inch slices. I got about 25. You put them back on the sheet, bake them for about 12 minutes, flip them, bake for another 12 minutes. The recipe says 35 minutes, which might be better for the texture. Rotate the pans because my top ones got a lot more brown than the other ones. I added an extra egg white because I didn't read the instructions, so next time I will not do that. 

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