Italian Roccoco Biscotti

Name: Italian Roccoco Biscotti
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 cup Almond (1 cup whole almonds); 1 ¾ cup All-Purpose Flour (1 3/4 cups all purpose flour); ¼ cup Granulated Sugar (1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons granulated sugar); 2 ½ tbsp Honey (2 1/2 tablespoons honey); 1 tsp Ground allspice (1 - 1 1/2 teaspoons all spice — up to 1.5); ¼ tsp Baking Powder (1/4 teaspoon baking powder); 1 piece Orange Zest (zest 1 orange); ½ piece Lemon (zest 1/2 lemon); 2 tbsp Water (1/3 cup + 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons water + 1 tablespoon water); 1 piece Egg (1 egg)

Italian Roccoco Biscotti are ring-shaped Christmas cookies made with a dough of ground and whole almonds, honey, and allspice, baked until golden.

28 minItalian

Servings4

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Steps

1Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C), line one or two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2Place the almonds on a cookie sheet and bake for 8-12 minutes. Stirring the almonds 2-3 times during baking time. Remove the almonds from the oven and immediately place in a clean bowl to cool. Once cool, remove 10 almonds, chop each almond into 3 pieces and set aside. The remaining almonds ground coarsely.
3In a large bowl add the flour, make a well in the middle and add sugar, honey, ground almonds, all spice, baking powder and zest. Stir to combine.
4Add the water a little at a time and and stir and bring together until almost combined, then move to a lightly floured flat surface and knead a few times until you have a compact soft, but not sticky dough.
5Cut off pieces of dough and make 4 inch (10 cm) long ropes, form into circle shapes, overlapping one end a little on the other. Place cookies on prepared cookie sheets, brush with egg wash and top with 2-3 pieces of almonds. Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes. Let cool before serving. Enjoy!
6EGG WASH
7In a small bowl beat together the egg and water.