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best cinnamon sugar bisacotti

The Best Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti

These cinnamon sugar biscotti are delicious! This is easy to make and freezes well
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
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Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 people
Calories 104 kcal

Equipment

  • electric mixer
  • wire whisk
  • cookie sheet
  • parchment paper
  • cookie cooling rack
  • pastry brush
  • serrated knife

Ingredients
  

  • 6 tblsp butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1 egg yolk room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsps cinnamon

For The Topping

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 egg lightly beaten

Notes

Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.  4-5 minutes
Add the egg and egg yolk and beat well
Blend in the vanialla extract.
In a medium size bowl whisk, flour , baking powder, salt and cinnamon to blend and combine well
Next, add the flour, 1 large spoonful at a time.  The ingredients will form a stiff batter
Shape the dough into a log, 3" x 10" on the parchment covered cookie sheet.
Using a pastry brush, brush with the beaten egg.
Mix together the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the batter covering well
Bake 45 minutes. 
Remove from the oven to cool slightly.  While still warm slice diagonally with a serrated knife 3/4 inch slices
Place back in the oven slice side down and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture
Bake for another 15 minutes
Let the biscotti cool completely on a cooling rack.  Store in an air tight container at room temperature for 5 days.
These freeze well so if you aren't going to eat the enitre batch wrap and store in a freezer bag  or air tight container.
     
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