Double Almond Biscotti

The original recipe is from the odense.com site. I love almond paste and thought these were quite tasty and looked like biscotti from a coffee house- not hard to make at all. Next time i might add a little almond extract and even a little lemon zest would be nice but they were gone in a short time just the way the recipe is posted. I doubled the recipe and only made 2 loaves so my biscotti were quite big.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f and line baking sheets with parchment.

Grate almond paste and butter into a medium bowl.

Add sugar , flour , baking powder and salt and mix with fork until crumbly and stir in almonds.

Whisk together egg whites and vanilla and add to mixture and mix until dough holds together.

Turn out onto a lightly floured counter roll into 2 inch thick log.

Cut into 2 pieces.

Roll each 10 inches long and flatten to 3 / 4 inches.

Transfer to ungreased or parchment lined sheets and bake 35 minutes until golden.

Cool sheets on rack for 10 minutes and then slice into 3 / 4-inch diagonal slices.

Return to cookie sheet , cut side down and bake 12 minutes: flip and bake 12 minutes more.

Cool completely on racks and store in air-tight container.

Ingredients

almond paste, butter, sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, slivered almonds, egg whites, vanilla