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- 6
- June
- 2008
Orange Cardamom Biscotti
Not exactly a traditional biscotti – but tremendously tasty in your morning (and afternoon, and evening) coffee.
Ingredients:
| white sugar | 7 ounces | |
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| vegetable oil | 4¾ ounces | |
| orange zest | from one large orange | (use your microplane!) |
| whole eggs | 2 | at room temperature |
| vanilla extract | 1 teaspoon | |
| unbleached all-purpose flour | 13½ ounces | |
| baking powder | 2 teaspoons | |
| ground cardamom | 1½ teaspoons | |
| Kosher salt | ½ teaspoon |
Procedure:
- Whip sugar and vegetable oil until very well combined.
- Gradually add eggs, vanilla and orange zest, beating well after each addition. Mixture will thicken and become very smooth.
- Combine remaining dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then stir into egg mixture.
- Mix well, but not excessively.
- Divide dough in half.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- With wet hands, form each half into a log, about 2" shorter than the length of your pan and 2½" wide.
- Bake until well golden, about 25-30 minutes.
- Turn oven down to 250ºF.
- Cool logs until you can comfortably handle them.
- Slice on a bias, about 1½" wide.
- Lay cut-side up on a baking pan and bake again for 40 minutes.
- After 40 minutes, turn oven off and leave cookies inside to cool.
