HOMEMADE ALMOND & ANISE BISCOTTI: Easy and Delicious Recipe for Biscotti, Perfect for Dipping
This Homemade Almond & Anise Biscotti recipe is so easy and delicious, you're going to wonder where it's been all your life! I love it so much. It's my friend's family recipe, that she gave me years ago, and every time I make them, they come out perfect. My friend is Italian, so I'd say this biscotti recipe is pretty authentic. As you know, Italian cookies are often made for dipping, and that is certainly the case with this recipe. But I have to say, they're not overly crunchy. You know how some biscotti you bite into, you feel like you could break your teeth? Well, you don't have to worry about that. This biscotti has just the right amount of crunchiness. Here's the recipe:
Homemade Almond & Anise Biscotti
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup chopped almonds
2 Tbsp. anise seeds
3 tsp. baking powder
2 cubes/1 cup butter (room temperature)
4 eggs
In large mixing bowl, mix butter until fully softened. Add eggs and continue to mix. Then you can begin adding your dry ingredients one at a time, making sure they're incorporated well. Add sugar, flour, baking powder and anise seeds. Mix until you have a consistent dough. Finally, add your chopped/sliced almonds. (Be careful not to over-mix at this point, because you don't want all the sliced almonds to break.) Cover your dough and refrigerate 30 minutes.
Once dough has been chilled, preheat your oven to 375º. Lightly dust a flat surface with flour and divide your dough into 2 or 4 equal parts. Use your fingers to form flat logs out of each section of dough. They should each be about an inch thick. Place them on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Take them out of the oven and cool at least 5 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350º.
Take the baked dough off the cookie sheet and place it on a surface you can cut on. Slice the logs with a serrated knife, on a slight diagonal, into individual biscotti. Place them back on the cookie sheet, laying them on their sides, and bake them another 15 minutes, until golden brown. (If you do like them really crunchy, you can flip them over and let them bake longer. But try them like this first.) Let them cool, and enjoy! You'll especially love dipping them in coffee, so be sure to get a pot brewing.
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Almond Biscotti (Cantucci) Italy's Classic Dunking Cookie (e30)
Buon giorno a tutti! In this 30th episode, Nonna Mia, la nonna di tutti (everyone's grandma), solves her craving for something sweet, with her almond biscotti. These crunchy treats get their crispiness from being twice-baked, in fact, biscotti simply translated is 'bis' - twice and 'cotti' = baked. However, in Italy, this cookie is referred to as Cantucci (Toscani), as opposed to the term biscotti, which generally means cookies - in plural.
The Recipe:
The fun thing with biscotti, is that there are loads of different ingredients you can add to suit your preferences. Some people dip them in chocolate or add chocolate into the dough itself. Others add dried fruit or vary the type of nuts. Anise is another commonly used and delicious flavour. Your options are endless, so feel free to be creative. This version is a classic almond biscotti.
First, Nonna roasts up 2 cups of almonds at about 325 for approximately 12-15 min. She then chops up half and leaves the rest whole. Nonna uses almonds with the skin on, though some prefer blanched almonds - both are great, use whatever you prefer.
In a bowl, Nonna mixes up the dry ingredients:
- 4 cups of flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of salt
She used a whisk to blend it together and then sets it aside.
Wet Ingredients:
Then in another bowl, Nonna adds
- 3/4 cup of olive oil
- 1.5 cups of sugar
- 4 eggs at room temperature
- 4 T Amaretto Liqueur
- 1 T vanilla extract
Nonna creams the oil and sugar first and adds in the eggs, one at a time. Of course, you can use a mixer, but Nonna prefers the exercise of doing it by hand. She then adds in the Amaretto and vanilla.
Slowly she incorporates the flour mixture, adding last the roasted almonds.
She portions the dough into 4 and with a floured surface and some flour sprinkled on top, she fashions each portion into a log, placing two on each parchment covered cookie sheet.
She then bakes the logs for 25 minutes at 350. Once cooled about 15 minutes, Nonna uses a serrated knife and slices them into about 1/2 inch thick, diagonal slices. She then returns them to the oven, at 325F for 10 min each side. If you prefer your biscotti extra crispy, you might cook them longer - it really is up to you.
These twice-baked cookies are best enjoyed dipped into espresso or a cappuccino. Or if you prefer the traditional way, pour yourself a glass of Vin Santo - a sweet dessert wine. Enjoy!
Buon appetito!
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DELICIOUS Anise Biscotti!!!
Learn how to make DELICIOUS Anise Biscotti cookies, quick and Easy!
INGREDIENTS:
6 eggs
1 ½ cup of sugar
1 cup of vegetable oil
2 tablespoons of baking powder
2 tablespoon of anise extract
2 cups of flour
DIRECTIONS
mix eggs, vegetable oil and sugar in mixer for 1 minute
add two tablespoons of baking powder, anise extract and 2 cups of flower
mix for 1 minute
in pre-greased baking sheet pour entire mixture, level if required
bake in oven at 350 degrees for 15minutes
remove from oven and slice into strips about 1.5 inch thick, then slice the opposite way creating 3 sections – refer to video to see how Nonna does it
using a spatula, remove sliced biscotti and separate entire batch between two baking sheets
bake both sets of biscotti for another 10 min at 275 degrees, or until golden
Mangia!
TOOLS
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spatula
1 deep baking sheet or pizza pan
1 regular baking sheet
measuring cups/spoons
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Anise-Almond & Double Chocolate-Almond Italian Biscotti, RECIPE IN VIDEO!
Italian Biscotti, RECIPE in the video!
The word biscotti means twice baked. These Italian cookies are extra crunchy and are meant to be dipped into coffee or wine!
Today, we made anise-almond dipped in @ghirardelli chocolate and @traderjoes sliced almonds and double-chocolate almonds dipped in chocolate and chopped almonds and chocolate jimmies
NOTE: For this recipe, you would need 5-6 tsp of anise seed if you want to use that. Tradional flavor would be approximately 2 tsp per 10 ounces of flour. (I only used 4. Adjust to your own liking.)
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These crispy cookies are richly flavored with anise, making them the best biscotti to dunk in your cup of coffee! Recipe at the bottom ????, tap the link below for full info.
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RECIPE:
RECIPE:
Ingredients
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• ½ cup softened butter
• 1 cup white granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• ½ cup chopped almonds
• 2 teaspoons milk, for brushing
• 2 tablespoons turbinado or coarse sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375°F/190⁰C.
Chop almonds, set aside.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl; set aside.
Cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition, then add anise extract, mix to incorporate.
Add dry ingredients a little at a time to butter mixture, stirring to combine without over mixing.
Fold in chopped almonds.
Scoop dough onto Rectangle stone, shaping into a rectangle. Brush dough with milk, then sprinkle with coarse sugar.
Bake 15 minutes, or until golden brown and middle is firm.
Remove from oven, cool 10 minutes.
Using a serrated knife, slice into ½” thick cookies, and you can also slice down the middle to divide. Place cut side down on stone. REDUCE oven temperature to 300°F/150⁰C and bake an additional 10-20 minutes, until cookies reach desired crispness.
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