Recipe: Orange Biscotti (no butter)

ORANGE BISCOTTI

"Biscotti are pretty low in fat (especially if they are not dipped in chocolate and contain no nuts!). These are made without butter. In a standard recipe making dozens of biscotti, the only fat is in the two eggs, which makes them less than 1 gm fat each. Of course, they are high in sugar."

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs (Egg-beaters works well too!)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest

Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt until the mixture is combined well.

In a small bowl, whisk together the egg (or egg beaters), vanilla, and orange zest. Add this mixture to the flour mixture, beating until a dough is formed.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, knead it several times, and halve it. Working on a large buttered and floured baking sheet (or substitute cooking spray and flour that!) with floured hands, form each piece of dough into a flattish log, 12-inches long and 2-inches wide and arrange the logs at least 3-inches apart on the sheet.

Bake the logs in the middle of a preheated 300 degree F oven for 50 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet on a rack for 10 minutes.

On a cutting board, cut the logs crosswise on the diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick slices, arrange the biscotti, cut sides down, on the baking sheet.

Bake them in the 300 degrees F oven for 15 minutes on each side. Transfer the biscotti to racks to cool and store them in airtight containers.

Makes about 48 biscotti
Source: rini, 1994