Triple Gingers Lovers Biscotti Food

LEMON GINGER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger and salt in a large bowl.
• stir in crystallized ginger.
• mix lemon rind, lemon juice and eggs together and stir into flour mixture.
• the dough will be crumbly.
• turn dough out to a lightly floured surface, knead 7-8 times.
• divide dough in half.
• shape each half into a log.
• spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray, place logs 6" apart.
• combine water and eggwhite and brush over tops.
• sprinkle with sugar.
• bake for 20 minutes.
• remove to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
• slice each log diagonally into 3/4" slices.
• place back on baking sheet, upright.
• lower oven to 325.
• bake 20 minutes, remove to a wire rack, cool.

TRIPLE-GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Mix 1 cup sugar, the butter, crystallized ginger, molasses and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except sugar.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten slightly.
• Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until edges are set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

TRIPLE THREAT GINGER NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, salt and pepper. Sift onto a piece of wax paper. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar at medium speed, about 1 minute, or until well-blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides as necessary.
• Add the fresh ginger and vanilla extract. At low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just until blended.
• Stir in the uncrystallized ginger and nuts and mix until combined.
• Scrape the dough out onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Moisten your hands with water and shape the dough into a 12-inch log with inch-high sides.
• Round the ends or taper them as best as you can.
• Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 35 minutes or until the log is starting to brown.
• Remove the sheet from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.
• Loosen the log from the parchment onto a chopping board. With a serrated (bread) knife, cut the log on the diagonal, making each piece about an inch thick.
• Arrange the slices cut side down on the same parchment-lined baking sheet, about ½-inch apart from one another.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the biscotti are dry and beginning to color around the edges.
• Let cool 5 minutes on the sheet and then transfer to a wire rack.

TRIPLE GINGERS LOVERS' BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Place almonds in a shallow pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes,or until golden brown; let cool, chop nuts.
• In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy(I use my mixer); Beat in molasses and the eggs.
• In a nother bowl combine flour, ground ginger, baking powder, salt: ADD to creamed mixture, mixing until blended.
• Stir in fresh ginger and crystallized ginger; fold in nuts.
• Divide dough in half; place on ungreased baking sheet and form into two logs about 1/2 inch thick, 1 1/2 inch wide and 14 inched long.spacing them at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the middle of a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Transfer from baking sheet to a rack;let cool 5 minutes; place on a cutting board, with a sharp serratrd knife slice diagonally at a 45 degree angle about 1/2 inch thick.
• Lay the slices flat on the baking sheet and return to oven for 10 minutes, turning over once to dry slightly: let cool on rack and store in tightly covered container.

GINGER ALMOND BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Butter loaf pan and line bottom with wax paper.
• In a shallow baking pan toast almonds in middle of oven until a shade darker, about 10 minutes. Cool nuts and very coarsely chop. Finely chop crystallized ginger. Into a bowl sift together flour, sugar, ground ginger, salt, and baking soda. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together whole egg, egg white, and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and beat until combined well. Stir in almonds and crystallized ginger.
• Press dough into loaf pan and bake in middle of oven until pale golden, about 45 minutes. Turn loaf out onto a rack and cool 10 minutes. On a cutting board with a serrated knife cut loaf crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices. Arrange biscotti on a baking sheet and bake in middle of oven until crisp, about 15 minutes. Cool biscotti on rack. Biscotti keep in an airtight container at cool room temperature 2 weeks.

GINGER RAISIN BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line two 9x4" baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• Measure flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt into a small mixing bowl and stir together; set aside. In a medium bowl, beat eggs, sugar, molasses, and vanilla until smooth. Add dry ingredients a little at a time, mixing well after each addition to a stiff dough. Divide in half. Flatten each half to 1/2" rectangle on baking sheet.
• Bake 30 minutes; cool slightly. Cut into 1/2" slices and arrange cut sides down on baking sheet. Reduce heat to 200F and bake for 15 minutes. Turn and bake 15 minutes more. Cool completely.