Biscotti with Pistachios & Lemon

Name: Biscotti with Pistachios and Lemon
Total time: P1H20M
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: pastry flour, whole wheat; baking soda; baking powder; salt; brown sugar, light; eggs; vanilla extract; lemon zest; lemon juice; pistachio nuts

Submitted by happyzhangbo

Use whole raw pistachios to mix in the dough, and the lemon flavor from the lemon zest and juice adds extra great taste to biscotti, a cup of tea or coffee with a couple of biscotti.

YIELD

30 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

40 min

READY

80 min

Ingredients

2 ¼

CUPS WHOLE-WHEAT PASTRY FLOUR
or you can use half white flour

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON BAKING POWDER

TEASPOON SALT

CUP BROWN SUGAR, LIGHT
firmly paked *

LARGE EGGS
at room temperature

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT
pure

TEASPOON LEMON ZEST
grated

TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE

CUP PISTACHIO NUTS
shelled and raw

Directions

Position rack in the center of the oven, preheat to 350℉ (180℃) F. Line two baking sheets with parchment papper. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

Beat brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and lemon zest with electric mixer for 5 minutes, or until tripled in volume. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in lemon juice, then whole pistachios. Shape dough into 2 12 by 2½ inches logs on a lightly floured working surface.

Transfer two logs to one of the prepared baking sheets, and bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden. Cool for 15 minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 325F degree. Switch the oven racks to the upper and lower thirds of the oven.

Slice the logs on the diagonal into cookies ⅓ inch thick with serrated knife. Bake another 10 minutes.

Turn the biscotti over and rotate the pans from top to bottom; bake until dry, about 10 minutes more, or until golden brown on both sides. Cool on wire rack. Storage in an air-tight container. undefined