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Lazy Baker “Almost Biscotti”

published by lanne on Jul 19, 2008

When I first started out in the food industry, I worked as a cake decorator, which was a strange career choice for someone who doesn`t eat sweets and hates to bake. However, after marrying someone with a love for baked goods, I have spent the past twenty-two years trying to come up with simple recipes, that will make it easier on me, and keep his sweet tooth satisfied.

This almond cookie recipe is as close to real Biscotti as this lazy baker is going to get.

Ingredients

 

  • ½ cup grated semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 cup slivered Almonds
  • ½ tsp Almond Extract
  • 6 drops Vanilla Extract (optional)
  • 1/3 cup cold unsalted Butter
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 1 ½ cups Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 eggs plus enough Whole Milk to make 3/4 of a cup
  • Icing Sugar

Method

 

  1. Preheat oven to 350*
  2. Mix sugar, flour and baking powder
  3. Slowly cut in butter using a fork or pastry blender
  4. When mixture is grainy stir in almond slivers and chocolate
  5. Stir almond extract (and vanilla if you are using it) into the eggs and milk
  6. Stir into the flour mix until fully mixed
  7. Roll dough into 1-1 ½ “ balls and place 2″ apart on a greased baking sheet
  8. Flatten just slightly with a fork
  9. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden
  10. Let cookies cool for a few minutes and dust lightly with Icing Sugar

5 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. # 1 by louie jerome
    July 19th, 2008 at 11:53 am #

    Sounds good but can you tell me what size a standard cup is? I know US, Canada and UK cups are all different. Here in UK we don’t tend to use cups as a measurement for baking. Thanks.

  2. # 2 by lanne
    July 19th, 2008 at 1:07 pm #

    I am not sure about U.S and the U.K louie, but when I say a cup it means 250g. Hope that helps. I thought they were all the same. What is a U.K cup?

  3. # 3 by louie jerome
    July 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm #

    1 cup flour US is UK 5oz

    1 cup sugar US is UK 6oz

    1 cup butter US is UK 8oz

    For some reason we don’t use a cup measure in the same way. However, there are conversion charts on the internet for anyone who wants them.

  4. # 4 by lanne
    July 19th, 2008 at 1:38 pm #

    I dislike baking at the best of times.If I had the extra burden of having to use these measures, well….I wouldn`t want to eat it…lol Thanks louie

  5. # 5 by Darlene McFarlane
    July 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm #

    The conversion charts are easy enough to find on the Internet. I use them often when I am cooking a new recipe.

    This one sounds good enough for your mother’s sweet tooth too.

    This is the one I usually use.
    http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking

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