Macadamia Biscotti

 

Do u find this cookies shade is interesting? The traditional biscotti should be pair with almond but I change it to macadamia because I like the nut. Actually macadamia taste is similar with almond if u notice. By the way Macadamia is way so much expensive than almond, I bought one pack (240gm) at supermarket cost me about $12 or more.

I didn't know Coffeebean sell Biscotti till recently I walk pass the cafe and saw it. Is not cheap, one piece sold at about $2 ++. This is my first time try the biscotti and also first time bake this. I was curious how the taste like so I give it a try and bake on this.

From the information I search, Biscotti is a crunchy and very dry biscuits. Indeed, the batch I made is very dry but not crunchy or crispy at all. This biscuit have to bake twice (both side) after cooling and cut into pieces.

I didn't like the batch that I bake, the biscuit is very dry and tasteless, the only thing I like is the nut.
Perhaps I should buy one piece of biscotti from Coffeebean and try to find out how the taste is like. 

Ingredient:

• 224gm flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 150gm sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100gm macadamia

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
3. Whisk the eggs and vanilla extract together then stir into the dry ingredients.
4. Add the macadamia and stir them into the dough. The dough should be sticky.
5. Put some flour on your hands and the work surface than shape the dough into flat loaves 25cm long and 5cm wide.
6. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until pale golden. Remove from the oven onto a chopping board and slice into thin pieces about 1 cm wide.
7. Lay the slices back onto the baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes. Turn over each slice and bake for another 15 minutes or until the slice are golden brown.
8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
9. The biscotti can be keep for a couple of weeks.