Hazelnut Orange And Honey Biscotti Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place hazelnuts in a resealable plastic bag; crush nuts using a mallet or rolling pin., Beat egg, sugar and milk until light and thick; add vanilla. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; stir in orange zest. Gradually beat into egg mixture (dough will be thick). Fold in chocolate chips and crushed hazelnuts by hand., On an ungreased baking sheet, shape dough into a 9x5-in. rectangle. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool on pans on wire racks until firm, 5-10 minutes. , Reduce oven setting to 325°. Transfer baked rectangle to a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, cut crosswise into 1/2-in. slices. Place on baking sheet, cut sides down. Return to oven and bake until crisp, 6-8 minutes on each side. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.,

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Toast hazelnuts in a shallow baking pan until lightly colored and skins are blistered, 10 to 15 minutes. (Leave oven on.) Wrap nuts in a kitchen towel and let steam 1 minute, then rub off any loose skins in towel while nuts are still warm (don't worry about skins that don't come off). Cool nuts completely, then very coarsely chop.
• Pulse together sugar and 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to bowl of mixer along with flour and beat at medium speed until combined well. Add eggs and vanilla and beat just until a dough forms. Reduce speed to low, then add remaining chopped hazelnuts and mix until incorporated. Turn off mixer and knead in any loose hazelnuts with your hands.
• Halve dough and, with dampened hands, form each half into a roughly 10- by 2- by 1-inch log on lined baking sheet, arranging logs 3 inches apart.
• Bake until golden and set but still soft to the touch, 25 to 30 minutes. (Leave oven on.) Cool logs on baking sheet on a rack 10 minutes.
• Transfer logs to a cutting board, discarding parchment, and cut logs with a serrated knife on a slight diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Arrange slices, cut sides down, in 1 layer on unlined baking sheet. Bake slices, turning over once, until golden and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes more. Cool biscotti completely on sheet on rack, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet or line it with waxed paper or a nonstick baking mat. Toss all of the ingredients together in a bowl and turn out onto the prepared pan, spreading out the hazelnuts so they do not touch. Bake until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Check at 15 minutes then let bake for another 5 to 10 minutes. Loosen the hazelnuts from the bottom of the pan with a spatula and cool in the pan at room temperature; store in airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and extracts until well-blended. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into egg mixture. Stir in nuts (mixture will be stiff)., Divide dough in half. Using lightly floured hands, shape each portion into a 9x2-in. rectangle on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes., Cool on pans on wire racks until firm. Reduce oven setting to 325°. Transfer baked rectangles to a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 3/4-in. slices. Place on baking sheets, cut side down., Bake until lightly browned, 5-7 minutes per side. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Using the paddle attachment of an electric mixer, cream the butter until light and creamy.
• Beat in sugar and honey until smooth, then add eggs one at a time.
• Add vanilla and orange flower water and mix to thoroughly combine.
• Mix dry ingredients into the wet just until mixed.
• The dough should be stiff at this point.
• Stir in the orange zest and pistachios.
• Divide dough in half.
• On a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper, shape each half into a 12x3-inch log.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
• Remove from the oven and transfer logs to a cutting board.
• Reduce oven to 325°F
• While still warm, Use a long serrated knife to cut each log diagonally into ½-inch slices.
• If logs become cool and begins to crack when cut, rewarm in the oven for about 30 seconds until soft enough to slice easily.
• Arrange the cut strips back on the baking sheet and bake for another 20 minutes, until dry, crisp and lightly colored. Remove from the oven and cool completely on wire racks, then store in an airtight container.
• [Chef�s Note: If you do not have access to orange flower water, feel free to substitute orange extract or use all vanilla extract. Biscotti will continue to crisp as they cool after the second baking, so be careful not to over bake. These cookies will keep for a few weeks stored in an airtight container; they also freeze nicely in an airtight plastic bag for a few months.].

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt; mix into the egg mixture. Stir in the hazelnuts. Shape dough into two equal logs approximately 12 inches long. Place logs on baking sheet, and flatten out to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Bake for about 30 minutes in preheated oven, or until edges are golden and the center is firm. Remove from oven to cool on the pans. When loaves are cool enough to handle, use a serrated knife to slice the loaves diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices. Return the slices to the baking sheet.
• Bake for an additional 10 minutes, turning over once. Cool completely, and store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a large baking sheet with baking paper. Whisk together the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, then add the orange zest, hazelnuts and chocolate chips. Fold into the egg mix to make a soft dough. Tip onto a lightly floured surface, shape into a 25cm sausage shape with lightly floured hands, then transfer to baking sheet. Flatten to a 3cm thickness, then bake for 30 mins until lightly browned on top.
• Remove and slide onto a chopping board, then reduce the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Cut the log into 1cm thick slices and return to the baking sheet, cut-sides up. Bake for 10-15 mins until crisp, then cool on a wire rack. Will keep in a tin for 3 weeks.

Steps:

• Oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
• Beat oil, orange peel, orange juice, eggs and sugar in large bowl until smooth.
• On low speed, beat flour mixture into orange mixture. Add hazelnuts.
• Divide dough in half; shape each half into 10x1 1/2" log on floured work surface. Place logs on prepared sheets.
• Bake for about 30 min.
• Cool on baking sheets on racks for 10 min.
• Slice diagonally into 1/2" thick slices.
• Lay slices back on baking sheets.
• Bake 10 min.
• Remove baking sheets from oven; turn biscotti over.
• Bake another 10 min.
• remove biscotti from baking sheets to wire racks to cool.
• Chocolate Glaze: Combine chocolate and vegetable shortening in small saucepan.
• Melt over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth.
• Cool slightly.
• Dip cooled biscotti into chocolate mixture. Cool on wire rack.