Biscotti cookies classic

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake classic Biscotti cookies? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. How to knead the dough for Italian biscotti at home? Add flour sifted twice through a sieve or using a special mug into a bowl. Add sugar and baking powder and mix.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the eggs with baking soda in warm water, as there may be harmful bacteria on their surface. Whisk into a bowl with flour.

3. STEP 3

   

   Mix the future dough with a spoon.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add milk to a bowl. It can be either cool or at room temperature. There is no difference. Milk can be with any percentage of fat content.

5. STEP 5

   

   Knead the dough thoroughly. When it becomes inconvenient to use a spoon, continue kneading with your hands. The dough should be soft, pliable, and stick to your hands. Since flour from different manufacturers has different properties, you may need less or more of it. Focus on the required dough consistency.

6. STEP 6

   

   You can leave the almonds for cookies whole, but I first chopped them a little with a knife. It’s also not worth trying for crumbs here, because with more or less large pieces when cutting, the biscotti will look very appetizing.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add the almonds to the dough and stir until the nuts are evenly distributed throughout the dough. Roll the dough into a bar about four centimeters wide. And slightly flatten it at the edges. Place on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about twenty minutes. I used a Teflon baking mat when baking. The times are approximate, be guided by the operating characteristics of your oven.

8. STEP 8

   

   After the specified time, remove the biscotti with nuts from the oven. This is what the bars look like after the first baking. They set well and increased in volume. But they should still be soft inside.

9. STEP 9

   

   Using a sharp knife, cut the bars diagonally diagonally into pieces one and a half centimeters wide. Place back on the baking sheet and bake again in the oven at the same temperature (180 degrees) for about another 30 minutes or until the cookies are completely dry. Once the biscotti with almonds are ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool. Serve with tea, coffee or cocoa. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Anna K

13.10.2023

4.8

If we talk about Italian pastries, I also found this recipe for interesting shortbread cookies.

Alina

13.10.2023

4.5

I saw a very appetizing photo of classic biscotti cookies and wanted to make them. Mixed all the ingredients in a planetary mixer and kneaded the dough. Added chopped peanuts to the dough. I kneaded everything well, formed 2 sausages and placed them on a baking sheet. I covered the baking sheet with siliconized parchment and nothing stuck afterwards. I baked the cookies first for 30 minutes, then took them out of the oven, cut them into pieces and put them back in the oven for 25 minutes. The cookies turned out very tasty and crispy, and the pieces of nuts were very on point.

Shura

13.10.2023

5

What an elegant cookie! What kind of dough resembles the consistency of the dough (shortbread or something else)? I wanted to try it, I’ll definitely make it after Lent. The cookies look very tempting)))

Irisha

13.10.2023

4.6

Shura, yes, the dough is very similar to the shortbread dough that is squeezed out through a pastry bag, but a little thicker. The main thing is that the dough holds its shape when you form the butternut tins, otherwise it will spread a little on its own in the oven! I'll be waiting for your feedback after cooking.

MariSha

13.10.2023

4.6

Very, very, very tasty! I put prunes, dried apricots and raisins in the dough, after filling it with hot water for half an hour. Nuts: walnuts and hazelnuts. When I mixed dried fruits and nuts into the dough, it seemed like there were too many of them. But I didn’t break the recipe. The bars were baked beautiful and even. The cut pieces were dried and browned. Very beautiful. And the taste is simply wonderful! Tender, crumbly, fragrant cookies. Thanks for the recipe!

Skazka

13.10.2023

4.9

Wonderful cookies, can be made in advance, keeps well in a glass jar if you have anything left to store

Ggallinna

13.10.2023

4.7

Thank you so much for the recipe! This is just happiness for a sweet tooth. They don’t allow you to attach a photo, so take my word for it – the cookies are wonderful.