Biscotti

Name: Biscotti
Yield: Makes 35 Cookies
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ¾ cup sugar; 2 eggs; ¼ cup diced candied orange zest, optional; 1½ cups hazelnuts, coarsely chopped; ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup dried currants, cherries, or cranberries, soaked in just enough warm water to cover for 30 minutes, drained; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¾ cup butter, melted; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Makes
35
Cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Biscotti means “twice cooked”; the closest equivalent in English is “rusk.” This basic dough is made in a food processor and stirred with chopped hazelnuts, dried berries, candied orange rind, and spices. These biscotti are flavored very much like the medieval panforte—hard, round disks, half cake, half bread—sold in Italy at Christmastime.