Poppy Seed Orange Biscotti Food

ORANGE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to gas 3/160°C/325°F.
• Grease a baking sheet.
• Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat int the egg, then the orange rind, juice, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and polenta.
• Tip the mixture on to a lightly floured surface and knead. Place dough on the baking sheet and flatten with the palm of your hand to make a rectangle approx 25 x 18 cm.
• Bake for 25 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave to stand for 5 mins until slightly cooled. Using a sharp knife, carefully cut the mixture widthways into thin sticks about 1 cm wide.
• Space the cookies out slightly on the baking sheet, then bake for a further 20 minutes until crisp.
• When cool, dust with icing sugar.

ORANGE POPPY SEED BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, ground almonds, poppy seeds, baking powder and baking soda) together in a bowl.
• Combine the zest, egg, egg whites and extract in a second bowl. Add the dry mixture and mix well. Form the dough into 2 logs each 8-9 inches long.
• Place logs onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool slightly and cut diagonally into 1/2 inch slices. Put cut slices soft sides down back on the cookie sheets and bake slices another 8 to 10 minutes until dry.
• Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

POPPY SEED BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the first seven ingredients in a bowl.
• Combine the next three ingredients.
• Mix the dry ingredients with the wet, adding more milk if necessary.
• Divide dough into two, form each half into a log, and place on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 30 minutes; Let cool slightly, and cut into 1/2 inch slices (Make a diagonal cut if you want to have long biscotti).
• Bake slices for 10 minutes.

LEMON POPPYSEED BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Combine the lemon zest and sugar in a large bowl. Add in the melted butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and poppy seeds, combine. Whisk in the eggs.
• Add in the flour, baking powder and salt and mix until just combined.
• Gather the dough into a ball inside the bowl, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
• Shape the dough into a 10 inch by 4 inch loaf with rounded ends. Bake for 22 minutes or until golden in color. Remove the loaf from the oven and let it stand for 15 minutes.
• Use a bread knife to cut the loaf into 1 inch slices. Put the slices back on the baking sheet, cut side down. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Turn the slices onto the other side, bake for 7-9 minutes.
• Cool the biscotti on a wire rack. Enjoy and store in an airtight container.

LEMON POPPY SEED BISCOTTI

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 4 to 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
• Add lemon zest, poppy seeds, lemon extract, baking powder, and baking soda and mix until combined.
• Add the eggs and mix.
• Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the electric mixer.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
• Divide dough in half.
• Shape into two 7 x 3 inch rolls.
• Place rolls on an ungreased cookie sheet (use a baking stone!), flattening each slightly.
• Bake in a 375°F oven about 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on cookie sheet on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
• Cut each roll crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices using a serrated knife.
• Arrange the slices flat on the cooled cookie sheet.
• Bake in a 325°F oven for 8 minutes; turn slices and bake about 5 minutes more or until surfaces are crisp and light brown.
• Remove biscotti from cookie sheet (baking stone); cool on a wire rack.