Friendship is an amazing thing. You rarely expect to make a friend. There are few instances in your life where you think you are going somewhere and you are going to meet a "kindred spirit" as Anne Shirley would say. I have been blessed in the friendships department and have met so many wonderful people throughout my life. As an adult I have even managed to maintain friendships that withstand being separated by great distances. These cookies are for one of those friends. A friend of mine that is a jewelry maker recently sent me the most beautiful hair ornament; it is a handcrafted copper honeycomb that is held together with a hand hammered pin. To try and thank her for so an enormously wonderful gift I am putting together a biscotti and tea thank-you present and this is one of the biscotti I am including. Biscotti is great because it is already dried out and is quite hard so it will withstand a great journey. Plus if it is left on her stoop in the Arizona heat, no damage will come to my little cookie babies. So let's get baking.
Friendship Cinnamon and Sugar Biscotti Ingredients: Cookie Base: · 6 TBL room-temp softened butter · 1 cup sugar · 1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk · ½ tsp almond extract · ½ tsp vanilla extract · 2 cups flour · 1 tsp baking powder · 1/4 tsp salt · 2 tsp cinnamon Sprinkled Topper · 1/4 cup granulated sugar · 1 teaspoon cinnamon · 1 egg, beaten 1. Preheat your over to 325 degrees. 2. Next combine all of your dry ingredients into a bowl and sift. Set these aside to be ready for combining. 3. Place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and using the paddle attachment beat it on medium until the butter is fluffy and starts to turn white. Add the sugar and beat a couple of minutes more. 4. Next add the whole egg and the egg yolk into the butter. Stopping to scrape down the sides to be sure that it is completely combined. 5. Once combined, add the almond and vanilla extract and beat to combined. 6. Now grab the bowl of dry ingredients and add 1/3 of the mixture into the bowl and beat until combined, scraping down the sides periodically. Continue to do this until all of the mixture is added. 7. Line a baking sheet with a bit of parchment paper and overturn the dough onto the sheet. Shape it into a log 12 inches long, by 3 inches wide. 8. Shape dough into a long log, about 3 inches by 10-12 inches. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg, combine sugar and cinnamon topping and generously sprinkle over log. Bake for 45 minutes in a preheated 325 degree oven. Remove from oven and while still warm, slice diagonally into 3/4 to 1 inch slices. Place slices back on baking tray, slice side down. sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. Place back in oven for 15 minutes, until just golden. 9. Let cool completely then store in air tight container.
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