Key Lime And White Biscotti Recipe 435 Food

KEY LIME AND WHITE BISCOTTI RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add butter and use mix until the dough resembles coarse meal. Add egg, milk, vanilla, and key lime juice and blend until the dough becomes soft, then add the walnuts and white chocolate chunks. Form dough into two or three long narrow rolls on a large cookie sheet lined with waxed paper - leave plenty of space between rolls as they'll expand in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes then cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. While the biscotti is resting, lower oven temperature to 300°. Cut biscotti on the diagonal into ½ in. thick slices and arrange on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Bake 30 minutes. Biscotti will harden as they cool. Store for up to 2 weeks in airtight container, layering biscotti between sheets of waxed paper.

CLASSIC BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, anise seeds, salt, and nuts. Transfer to mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add eggs; beat until a stiff dough comes together, about 3 minutes.
• Divide dough in half. Form each half into a 12-inch log. (Dough may be sticky; dampen your hands for easier handling.) Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and flatten so each log is 13 inches long, 2 1/4 inches wide, and 3/4 inch thick.
• Brush logs with beaten egg and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until firm and very pale golden, about 35 minutes. Let cool on pans on a wire rack, 40 minutes. Meanwhile, reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
• Using a serrated knife with a sawing motion, cut logs into slices slightly thicker than 1/4 inch. Arrange, cut-side up, on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until dry to touch, about 30 minutes. Let cool completely on pans on racks, 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container up to 1 month.

BASIC BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs and add sugar to blend. Add salt. Sift flour and baking powder and add all at once to eggs. Stir just to blend. Add flavoring or garnish. Spoon mixture lengthwise onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or greased. Spoon into a "log", shape as wide as you choose, the width of the "log" will determine the length of the cut biscotti. Make as many "logs" as you have mix. Allow logs to sit for about 10 minutes at room temperature before baking. Bake at 350 for approximately 20 minutes or until center of log springs back when touched. Remove from oven and let cool thoroughly. Cut logs into strips crosswise. Standard is about 1/2 inch. Place each biscotti cut side down onto cookie sheet lined with parchment or lightly greased. Bake again for approximately 15 minutes or until lightly browned on edges. Cool thoroughly, then store in airtight container;
• For Hazelnut: 2 cups roughly chopped, sliced, or whole hazelnuts .
• For Lemon/Poppy: grated rind of three lemons, 1 teaspoon poppy seeds .
• For Ginger: 1 1/2 cups chopped crystallized (candied) ginger.

LIME COCONUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat sugar and oil until blended. Beat in the eggs, lime juice and extracts. Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; gradually add to sugar mixture and mix well (dough will be sticky). Stir in coconut and lime zest. , Divide dough in half. With lightly floured hands, shape each half into a 12x2-in. rectangle on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until set., Place pan on a wire rack. When cool enough to handle, transfer loaves to a cutting board; cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 3/4-in. slices. Place cut side down on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 5-6 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

KEY LIME AND WHITE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. 2. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add butter and use mix until the dough resembles coarse meal. 3. Add egg, milk, vanilla, and key lime juice and blend until the dough becomes soft, then add the walnuts and white chocolate chunks. 4. Form dough into two or three long narrow rolls on a large cookie sheet lined with waxed paper - leave plenty of space between rolls as they'll expand in the oven. 5. Bake for 20 minutes then cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. While the biscotti is resting, lower oven temperature to 300°. 6. Cut biscotti on the diagonal into ½ in. thick slices and arrange on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Bake 30 minutes. Biscotti will harden as they cool. Store for up to 2 weeks in airtight container, layering biscotti between sheets of waxed paper.

TERRY'S WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BISCOTTI, (TENDER BISCOTTI)

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, vanilla and liqueur.
• In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add to the creamed mixture, mixing until blended.
• Fold in nuts and chocolate chips. Divide dough in half.
• On a greased and floured baking sheet pat out into two logs about 1/2 in high, 1 1/2 inches wide and 14 inches long, placing them at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the middle of a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Transfer from baking sheet to a rack.
• Let cool for 5 minutes. Place on a cutting board.
• With a serrated knife slice diagonally on a 45 degree angle about 1/2 inch thick.
• Place the slices upright on the baking sheet and return to the oven for about 8 minutes longer to dry slightly.
• Let cool on a rack.
• Store in a tightly covered container.