a cake a day

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Cantucci - Italian Biscuits

If we go to Italy I can not resist these biscuits. They are delicious to coffee and sweet wine.
Ingredients:
250g whole almonds, 175g sugar, 3eggs, 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind, 
about 2 tbls lemonjuice, 450g flour, 4teaspoons baking powder
Instructions:
Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the lemonjuice and rind. Mix flour with baking powder and mix bit by bit under the egg-sugar mix.
Mix in the whole almonds. The dough will be quite firm. On a floured surface, make 5cm thick rolls. Bake these rolls at 175°C for 35-40min.
Take the rolls out of the oven, cool for a bit. Love the oven on.
Cut the rolls in 1cm thick slices, lay them out on baking tray. Bake them again for 15 min until golden brown.

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