Christmas Home-Baked Biscotti
This easy recipe results in a delicious chewy biscotti with a little crunch to the outside, says Hilton Adelaide pastry chef Mere Wojcik.
Ingredients
500g plain flour
450g caster sugar
2tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
2tsp vanilla
4 eggs
100g desiccated coconut
120g dried apricot
120g sultanas
120g chocolate chips
Method
Add all ingredients except the chocolate chips, dried apricots and sultanas into the mixer.
Mix until slightly combined, then add in the chocolate chips, dried apricots and sultanas.
Mix until fully combined and roll into a log.
Place the log on a tray lined with baking paper. Egg wash the log and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Bake at 160C for 30 minutes or until lightly coloured.
Cool for 10 minutes, and then cut into 1cm slices.
Reduce temperature to 140C and bake for a further 10-15 mintues just to dry out.
Cool and store in an airtight container.
