Biscotti

Biscotti - double baked cookies According to historians, the first Italian biscotti was prepared in the 13th century in the Tuscan town of Prato. As it turned out - cookies are an ideal product that can be stored for a long time and it is good for them to be saturated. During the sea trips on each ship there was a stock of cookies, which at any time could be fed by sailors. Not without reason, biscotti was considered the favorite pastry of Christopher Columbus, who ate on his long voyages. Biscotti is a traditional Italian cookie. In translation, biscotti means "baked twice" (bi-two and scottare-oven). Delicious pischenyushki are prepared in two stages, at first baked something like a "loaf", then cut into pieces and once again baked. In Italy, there are a lot of options for biscotti. Almost every region, and sometimes a city or village, has its own recipe. The classic recipe is almond biscotti. But there are many variations with other ingredients (chocolate, dried fruits, coffee ...) Because of its dryness, biscotti in Italy is served with dessert wine, in America with coffee or tea. You can improvise, both with a filling for biscotti, and with drinks, in which biscotti can be soaked.

Biscotti - double baked cookies According to historians, the first Italian biscotti was prepared in the 13th century in the Tuscan town of Prato. As it turned out - cookies are an ideal product that can be stored for a long time and it is good for them to be saturated. During the sea trips on each ship there was a stock of cookies, which at any time could be fed by sailors. Not without reason, biscotti was considered the favorite pastry of Christopher Columbus, who ate on his long voyages. Biscotti is a traditional Italian cookie. In translation, biscotti means "baked twice" (bi-two and scottare-oven). Delicious pischenyushki are prepared in two stages, at first baked something like a "loaf", then cut into pieces and once again baked. In Italy, there are a lot of options for biscotti. Almost every region, and sometimes a city or village, has its own recipe. The classic recipe is almond biscotti. But there are many variations with other ingredients (chocolate, dried fruits, coffee ...) Because of its dryness, biscotti in Italy is served with dessert wine, in America with coffee or tea. You can improvise, both with a filling for biscotti, and with drinks, in which biscotti can be soaked.

Ingredients:

• Eggs chicken 2 pcs.
• Sugar 150g
• Flour, wheat 250 g
• Salt 2.5 g
• Baking Powder 5g
• Almond 50 g
• Dark raisins 50 g
• Cranberry dried 50g
• Sugar, vanilla 5 g

Instructions

• Step 1 For this variant of biscotti, take eggs, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, almonds, raisins and dried (cranberry) cranberries.
• Step 2 Whisk the eggs with sugar.
• Step 3 Mix them with flour (previously sifted with salt and baking powder).
• Step 4 Add the nuts and dried fruits to the dough.
• Step 5 Divide the dough into two parts, dust the table with flour and form two "loaves". Bake the biscuits at 150 ° C for 30-40 minutes. The cookie should be baked, but do not submerge. Cool on the grill (to be ventilated from all sides) 10 min.
• Step 6 Cut the diagonally oblong cookies about 1cm thick. It is very convenient to cut with a "bread" knife.
• Step 7 Spread on a baking sheet and continue to dry at an even lower temperature - about 130 ° C for another 30-40 minutes. Cool on the grate, serve to coffee or tea.