Biscotti Recipe for Summer Tea Time

Gluten Free and Vegan

It has been a while since I added a recipe here. I hope, one day I will balance it out and be able to share recipes with you regularly. By the way, I hope you are having a good time in this hot summer. Me, I finally visited my family in Turkey. It has been two years since I visited them. Now, I am with them and  I slowed down little bit. I am spending a lot time with my nephew who is only seven years old. It is fun! and also it is so nice to see my family again after 2 years. 2 years is long.. Anyway,  I wanted to share this recipe with you maybe you might want to try in summer times.

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven for 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, hand mix toasted almonds, cinnamon, baking powder , baking soda  and flours.
3. In a small mixing bowl mix 1 tablespoon of bobs red mill egg replacer with 3 tablespoon water , whisk well set aside. After few minutes, add the almond extract and orange zest and whisk until well blended. Add to the flour mixture. Work the batter together with lightly floured hands. The mixture will be sticky, but holds together.  Once the dough is firm, form a ball.
4. On a lightly floured surface place the piece of dough, and using your hands, roll into a log shape that is approximately 11  inches long, 3 inches wide, and 3/4 of an inch high.
5. Bake for 30  minutes, or until the tops of the loaves are shiny and deep golden. Cool on a cookie rack for about 20 minutes before slicing. Then place the loaf on a cutting board, and  slice cookies 3/4 of an inch thick on the diagonal. If the cookie is crumbling, then let it cool a few more minutes, but also make sure not to wait too long.
6. Then lower your oven temperature 225 and bake biscottis for another  40-60  minutes.
7. Remove from oven and cool completely.
8. In the meanwhile, melt the chocolate with “bain marie” method. For this method, you need a small saucepan with high sides, and a large heat proof bowl to put into it that covers the top of the saucepan to be able to melt your chocolate in bain marie method. The top bowl should cover the top of the sauce pan so, the steam would be trapped. Add 2 inches of water to bottom pan and after heating the water reduce the heat and let it simmer , in the meanwhile add the chocolate and keep stirring while it is on the heat. Once  the chocolate is all melted remove from heat and dip the biscottis in to melted chocolate before waiting too long. Then let is aside the biscottis to cool off.
9. You can store them in an air-tight container.
10. Enjoy your biscottis and the summer..