Photo: Pistachio Biscotti Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups pistachios
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Lay the pistachios on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Bake for 10 minutes or until the nuts are lightly toasted. Remove from the oven.
In an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy. With the mixer running, gradually add the eggs, sugar, and vanilla; mix until creamed. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix the dough until smooth. Using a wooden spoon, mix in the pistachios until evenly distributed.
Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut in half. Roll each half into a log, each 12 inches long by 1-inch high. Place the logs on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 35 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly brown. Let the logs cool for 5 minutes and then place on a cutting board. Slice each log on a diagonal into 12 1-inch thick pieces. Put the cookies back on the cookie sheet and bake 5 minutes. Turn the cookies over and bake the other side for another 5 minutes. Store cookies in an airtight container.
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By sunny_beach
New Mexico
on October 24, 2012
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This was a really yummy recipe! As well as being really easy to make!
I did substitute almond extract for vanilla extract, as another person suggested. I did have to add an additional egg though, because the dough was not sticking together with just 3 eggs.
By surfinbirdx
Illinois
on August 24, 2012
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Although a lover of biscotti I have never made it myself and this recipe came out wonderfully. I do agree with some of the other reviews that your biscotti may need roughly 10 minutes per side once cut and baked again, 5 minutes was not enough for mine. This recipe was tasty, easy, and seems to me virtually fool proof if you can follow directions. I don't even have an electric mixer and used my hands to mix once the dough became too stiff for my spoon. Great recipe, thanks!
By de428926_12802035
albany ny
on November 23, 2011
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I consider myself to be a good baker...these were very disappointing. Probably the most bland, tasteless biscotti I have ever had. Wish I had added a bit more something to them....hesitant to put them out for Thanksgiving....may need a little chocolate dip. They look great...just really blah. :-(
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