Italian Biscotti Di Noci

photo by Chef Gorete




- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
48 cookies
ingredients
-
Pastry
- 1 (250 g) package Philadelphia Cream Cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
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Filling
- 3 large eggs
- 1 2⁄3 cups brown sugar
- 2 3⁄4 cups crushed walnuts
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 dash salt
- icing sugar, for dusting
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Set aside mini muffin tin with 48 cups, do not grease.
- Combine all of the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix until well blended, then set aside.
- Prepare the dough by mixing all of the pastry ingredients using a mixer, until the ingredients come together and form a smooth dough.
- Using a small ice cream scoop, divide the dough equally into the 48 mini ungreased muffin cups.
- Using a Mini-Tart Shaper or a spoon, press the balls of dough to form a tart shell by pusing the dough into the bottom and sides of the cups.
- Fill the dough with the prepared filling until about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the filling puffs up and the dough is golden in colour.
- Dust with icing sugar once cooled.
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