CANTUCCi - BiSCOTTi

iNGREDiENTS:
-makes 40 biscuits-

• 450 gr flour
• 350 gr sugar (organic cane sugar)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs + 3 yolks (keep the remaining whites to brush over the doughs later on) 
• 50 gr of butter
• zest of one small orange
• 250 gr hole raw almonds
• a pinch of salt

RECiPE:

• Preheat your oven at 180°C (350°F)
• In a bowl, stir together : sugar + melted butter + eggs + orange zest + salt.
• Add flour and baking powder and stir again.
• Add almonds.
• Divide dough in half. Using floured hands, shape each dough half into 30cm long - 6cm wide long. Transfer both logs to a prepared baking sheet, spacing them apart.
• Brush each dough log with the remaining egg whites on top and on the sides.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Once baked, leave to cool for about 20 minutes and lower your oven at 100°C (200°F)
• Transfer the dough logs to a work surface and cut logs on small slices using a serrated knife.
• Arrange slices, cut side down, on the same baking sheet and bake 10 minutes on each side.
• ET VOiLÀ !

You can keep them for at least one week in a airtight container at room temperature.