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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Filling: Place the fruit in a small saucepan and cover with about 1/3 cup water. | 2. Simmer 10-15 minutes on lowest heat, until fruit is slightly softened and most of the water is gone (if however, you need a bit more water to simmer, add a little at a time). | 3. Remove from the stove and cool about 20 minutes before pureeing the fruit (drained) in a food processor, 1- 2 minutes. | 4. Set aside. | 5. In a mixing bowl, with a paddle attachment, cream the sugar and butter well, about 3 minutes. | 6. Add the eggs, vanilla, orange oil and lemon juice and blend well, about 2 minutes. | 7. Fold in the cinnamon, salt, baking powder, most of the flour and oatmeal, nuts, and mix until dough is thick and soft and holds together. | 8. Add more flour if mixture is not stiff. | 9. Spread half of batter on a baking sheet, top with the fruit paste, and cover with remaining biscotti batter. | 10. Bake loaf for 40-45 minutes at 350*F. until just browned and firm to the touch. | 11. Cool loaf to room temperature. | 12. Cut loaf into diagonal slices, about one inch wide and return to baking sheet. | 13. Decrease oven temperature to 325 F / 165°C. | 14. and bake cookies once more, to crisp, 15- 20 minutes. | 15. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
fig	1	cup	dried	-	-	-	-
raisin	1/2	cup	pitted	249.15	65.604	2.7968	0.3795
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
brown sugar	1 1/3	cups		1114.6667	287.7307	0.35200000000000004	0.0
white sugar	1	cup		774.0	199.96	0.0	0.0
butter	1	cup	unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
vanilla extract	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
orange extract	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
baking powder	2 1/2	teaspoons		6.095	3.1855	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
purpose flour	3 - 3 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
oat	3	cups	old-fashioned rolled	693.72	186.7404	48.786	19.8246
walnut	1/2	cup	chopped	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.