Almond Biscotti

Here is the real version of this biscotti( with egss and diary product)


1/2 cup oil or butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups whole wheat flour ( you can use all purpose flour if you wish, no problem with it.)
1/4 cup ground almonds ( if you want you can use same amount cocoa powder and you will have chocolate biscotti ;))
1table spoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon almond extract or as per the direction on the bottle you are using ( if using cocoa , you can use coconut extract or vanilla)


Optional: ( If you like spices)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp cloves 
few pinches of nutmeg
omit the almond extract.
use around 1/2 cup pistachios


Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Prepare and grease cookie sheet or foil.
In a bowl mix flour, almonds, baking powder and keep aside.
In a different bowl beat to smooth  oil and sugar. Add sprite and mix again.
Combine both flour and oil mixture. the dough should be thick. If needed you can add litle more flour to make it easy to work with it.
Here you can add a handful of chocolate chip, raisins, pistachios, pecans, or anythingelse you can think of.
Divide into 2 pieces and make roll out of each. Once you place the roll on the baking sheet press the roll down to flatten it to aprox half inch.
Bake for 25 min. Take out of the oven and let it cool dawn.
Start slicing diagonally to a half inch biscotti .
Return back with the sides up to the oven to bake (dry) the biscotti for around 5 min each side and let them stay in the oven until cool down.

The picture above shows biscotti with added chocolate chip to this recipe. Big hit with kids!

 Frosting (optional)

1 cup sugar
2 tsp  regular milk
almond extract
Mix all well and spread over the biscotti.
Let it cool down

OR  you can dip one side of the biscotti in a melted white or brown chocolate and  decorate with the frosting once the chocolate is firm.

As you see this is a basic recipe and you can adjust as per your taste..
Hope you like it!