Almond Biscotti
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 10 minutes to roast almonds if needed
- Easy
- Makes Fingers
Skip to ingredients
- 150g Blanched, Whole Almonds (buy toasted or toast your own)
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 285g Plain Flour
- 150g Granulated White Sugar
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
Method
step 1
To toast almonds if needed: Heat oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and lay on a baking tray and bake until lightly browned (around 10 mins).step 2
Turn oven down to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2step 3
Combine Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder and Salt in a large bowl.step 4
Beat the Eggs, Vanilla Extract and Almond Extract in a separate bowl and add half the egg mixture to the dry ingredients. Stir in the almonds and then add remaining egg mixture.step 5
As the mixture starts to form a dough, use well-floured hands to mould into a ball. It's quite sticky!step 6
Mould dough into two logs with your hands about 20cm long by 3cm wide (approx) and lay on a baking tray covered with parchment. Leave some spreading room between the two logs.step 7
Bake for 40 mins until firm. Remove from oven and cool for 10-15 mins.step 8
Cut each log into slices of about 1.5 - 2cm on the diagonal and lay each slice on its side on the baking tray.step 9
Bake for another 10 mins and then turn and bake the other side for 10 mins.step 10
Remove from the oven and cool.step 11
Store in an air-tight container.
