Biscotti Di Pratto

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cups almonds, sliced

Recipe

• 1 put flour in a bowl and form a well in the center. add the sugar, 3 eggs, both egg yolks, baking powder, salt, and vanilla to the well.
• 2 mix with you hands and knead until dough forms, about 5-10 minutes.
• 3 knead in the almonds.
• 4 butter and flour two extra long baking sheets.
• 5 divide the dough into quarters. shape each quarter in to long logs about 2 to 2.5 inches wide, spaced at least 2 inches apart. flour your hands to make handling the dough easier (less sticky).
• 6 beat the remaining egg and brush it over each of the logs.
• 7 bake the logs for 35 minutes at 350°f.
• 8 reduce heat to 325f after removing the logs.
• 9 slice the logs into biscotti shapes. you can make diagonal slices to be "fancy." each biscotti should be 3/4in-1in wide. each log should make about one dozen biscotti, but this will vary.
• 10 lay the sliced biscotti on their sides on the baking sheets.
• 11 bake for 15 minutes more at 325°f.