Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Virtual cookie exchange 2010, 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
FIORI DI SICILIA BISCOTTI

Ingredients
2 ½ Cups Flour
1 ½ Tsp Baking Powder
½ Tsp Salt
¼ Lb Butter (at room temperature)
¾ Cup Sugar
1 Tsp Grated Orange Zest
2 Eggs
½ Tsp Vanilla Extract
¼ Tsp Fiori di Sicilia Extract **
1 ½ Cups Coarsely Chopped Almonds
½ Cup Golden Raisins

Directions
Heat oven to 325 degrees. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and orange zest until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla and Fiori di Sicilia extracts. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in almonds and raisins. Form dough into three logs about 1 ½” wide by 12” long. Put on baking sheet about 3” apart. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes. Cool. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees. Cut logs into ½” slices and put, cut-side up, on baking sheets. Bake until dried, 30 to 40 minutes. Yield: serves 36


Notes:
Yields 3 Dozen Cookies
** Fiori di Sicilia Extract can be substituted by using ¼ Tsp Cinnamon, 1 Tsp Lemon Zest and ½ Tsp Vanilla Extract

It is that time of the year again, maybe you will find something new to try.
Below is a like to our 2009 cookie exchange, and in the 1st post you will find the link to 2008

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1057678/?hl=cookie...