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Anise & Walnut Biscotti

Category: Cookies

Author: The Savvybearcat

Date: 1/1/2007

Rating:

(3.0) by 1 users

Ingredients:

1 2/3 cup Bread flour
2 cup Cake flour
2 cup Walnut pieces
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1 tbsp Anise seeds
1/2 cup Unsalted butter
3 Eggs
1 1/3 cup White sugar
2 tsp Lemon zest
2 tsp Orange zest
1/2 tsp Anise extract
8 oz Bittersweet or semisweet
Chocolate, optional

Instructions:

Blend bread and cake flours, walnuts, baking powder, baking soda and
anise seeds in bowl. Melt butter and set aside to cool.

Beat 2 eggs, 1 additional egg yolk and sugar until smooth. Reserve the
remaining egg white. Stir in zests and anise. Add butteer and mix
until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix to smooth dough.

Roll dough into 2 14inch logs and place on baking sheet lined with
parchment paper. Press tops of logs to flatten slightly. Brush with
reserved egg white.

Bake at 375 degrees F. until logs are light brown, but still give
slightly when tops are pressed, about 30 minutes. Remove pan from
oven and reduce temperature to 325 degrees.

While logs are still warm, cut diagonally into 1/2 inch slices. Return
slices to baking sheet, placing on sides. Return to oven and bake
until cookies are lightly brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven
and cool on wire racks.

Cut chocolate into 1/2 inch chunks. Place 2/3 in stainless steel bowl,
spreading in even layer over bottom and up sides of bowl. Cover bowl
with plastic wrap. Fill medium saucepan 1/3 full of water. Bring
water to simmer over high heat. Remove pan from heat and set bowl of
chocolate over top. Let stand until 80% of the chocolate has melted.

Do not let temperature of chocolate drop below 88 degrees on candy
thermometer. If so, place bowl over saucepan of warm water and
continue stirring. Stir until chocolate is smooth and glossy.

Have clean sheet of waxed paper nearby. Dip 1/2 of each cookie in
chocolate. As cookie is removed, scrape top and bottom against side
of bowl to remove excess chocolate. Set cookies on waxed paper until
chocolate sets, about 3 hours or put into freezer for about 20
minutes. Submitted By SANDY GAMBLE On FRI, 17 NOV
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