Almond Biscotti - The no oil snack ^-^

After baking a failed chiffon cake, with extra time (cus my hubby's playing mass effect 2 for 8hrs non-stop now) I've decided to bake some biscotti, the traditional Almond Biscotti found on The Joy of Baking with a little change (I doubled the recipe, less sugar, less almond, and added sesami).







Yields 30pcs of biscotti 
Ingredients:         

1 cup (145 grams) whole almonds, toasted and chopped coarsely

1/2 cup of toasted sesami (white or black)  

2 teaspoon (10 grams) baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 cups (520 grams) all-purpose flour

1/2 cup (150 grams) granulated white sugar

1/2 cup (150 grams) granulated brown sugar 

6 large eggs

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon pure almond extract (I didn't have any so added none)

Preheat the oven to 150 Celcius (300F).

1. Beat all the wet ingredients (eggs, vanilla and almond extract) with sugar til cream.

2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and add in the mixed wet ingredients. Becareful not to over knead.

3. Lightly flour parchment paper. 

4. Shape the dough into logs of  3cm (1.2 inches) thick, I made mine 3 logs of 13*25cm (doubling recipe).

*Note that it will rise to almost twice its height and spread a little bit.

5. Bake in 150Celcius for 30min~35min.

6. Remove and cool on rack. (keep the oven on)

7. Cut the log into biscuits of 2cm thick (that's the thickness I like) and arrange on baking sheet.

8. Bake for 15min both sides (flip them over and bake for another 15 min).

Totally love this no-oil snack!!!! The dough sticks to hands so wet or lightly flour your hands. I also used a spatula. 

*Edit 14th of September* After the cookies were done I waited for 2 hours to cool then placed them in zipper bags. The next day, they were a bit chewy in the middle with "flour" taste. I re-baked them for 20min at 150Celcius (without flipping). Let them sat in the oven until overnight, then zipped bagged them. It's been 2 days and they are still crunchy with the best "egg" flavour, like Taiwanese 孔雀餅乾.