lemon ginger biscotti

chia's Note:

these are delicious. and make a lovely gift. put some in a coffee mug and tie the recipe to the handle. this is from cooking light.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 30 biscotti

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger
• 2 tablespoons grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 3 large eggs
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 350 combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger and salt in a large bowl.
2. stir in crystallized ginger.
3. mix lemon rind, lemon juice and eggs together and stir into flour mixture.
4. the dough will be crumbly.
5. turn dough out to a lightly floured surface, knead 7-8 times.
6. divide dough in half.
7. shape each half into a log.
8. spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray, place logs 6" apart.
9. combine water and eggwhite and brush over tops.
10. sprinkle with sugar.
11. bake for 20 minutes.
12. remove to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
13. slice each log diagonally into 3/4" slices.
14. place back on baking sheet, upright.
15. lower oven to 325.
16. bake 20 minutes, remove to a wire rack, cool.

Reviews

[Barb Gertz]

Yummy Biscotti's, no fat, this is the first time that I have made biscotti's that didn't have either butter or oil in them. They have a nice lemon flavor with the hint of ginger, we love ginger. This recipe will go into my Biscotti cookbook. Thank you Chia.

[londongavchick]

I regularly volunteer for the Molly Brown House in Denver and bake pastries for the afternoon teas. These biscotti are perfect dipped in a cup of tea. I used fresh grated ginger instead of ground to up the ginger spice a little. Because the dough is sticky, I put the mixing bowl of dough in the fridge for about half an hour before trying to handle it. I shaped four smaller logs by hand (and I kept wetting my hands to keep them from sticking) to make mini-biscotti which when sliced diagonally were about four inches long. These are very pretty and tasty accompaniments to coffee and tea!

[Lille]

These are nice with tea. Like some other reviewers, I needed to bake these a bit longer than specified.