Little Italy’s Best Almond Biscotti

Name: Little Italy’s Best Almond Biscotti
Yield: Makes 24-36 biscotti, depending on size
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups sugar; 7 ounce (200 g) package of almond paste or marzipan; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; 4 cups all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon; 2 teaspoons almond extract; ½ cup unsalted butter, softened; 4 eggs; ½ cup almonds, finely chopped; 1 cup whole blanched almonds

Preparation info

Makes
24-36
biscotti, depending on size

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Best Biscotti

By Marcy Goldman

Published 2017

About

Almonds take the lead in this amazingly intense almond biscotti. These are easy but elegant and stuffed with almonds. The top surface has a little sheen or candy-like glaze. Make them big as gifts or little for cookie treat when friends drop by. This is truly my best almond biscotti.

Ingredients

7 ounce (200 g) package of almond paste or marzipan
½ cup

Europe
Italy
Baking
Vegetarian
Cookies
Mediterranean
Spicy

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Stack two baking sheets together and line the top one with parchment paper.

Using a hand grater or in a food processor, grate or shred almond paste. In a mixer bowl, cream the almond paste and sugar together (the sugar helps break up the almond paste) the