Biscotti - Crossly the Glad-eyed Bear
Author/Submitted by: ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) Servings: 1 Categories:
Biscotti
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Cookies
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Desserts
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Low-Fat/Low-Cal
Ingredients: 1 1/2
cups
sugar 1
tablespoon
almond paste 1/2
teaspoon
salt 4
large
eggs 2
cups
flour 1/2
teaspoon
baking powder 2
teaspoons
almond extract 2
tablespoons
pine nuts 2
tablespoons
confectioner's sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a mixing bowl over hot but not boiling
water, or use a big double boiler. Put the sugar, almond paste, salt, and
eggs into the bowl, and beat for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is
lukewarm and looks like pancake batter. Make sure that the almond paste
is well beaten also. Take the bowl off the hot water and continue beating
for another 5 minutes, or until the batter is cool and looks almost like
frosting. Sift the flour with the baking powder and fold it gently into
the batter. Add the almond extract and fold again. Using a teaspoon,
drop cookies 1 1/2 inches apart on buttered and floured cookie sheets,
decorate with pine nuts, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Let
stand about 5 minutes, and then bake for 15 minutes (at 350 degrees), or
until toasty and crisp on the outside.
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