Orange and Vanilla Nut Biscuit Recipe

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This orange and vanilla nut biscuit recipe is a bit of a variation on traditional biscotti.

It creates a lovely, orange scented, airy vanilla biscuit perfect for eating with a cup of tea and the nuts add a lovely texture.

Try crushing your own mixture of nuts if you would like. I use the Jamie Oliver method of popping them into a bag and bashing them with a rolling pin. You will want the nuts to achieve some even-ness of texture for use in this recipe.

Orange and Vanilla Nut Biscuits

Beat together 2 eggs with 150g castor sugar until it is light and airy.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence and the grated peel of 2 large oranges.

Fold in 105 g flour and 75 g of crushed nuts (I used almonds and some hazelnuts).

Spread over 25cm by 30cm baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes at 180 degrees celsius.

Cut into thin sticks while hot

Remove and eat when cold (if you can wait).

Notes

I just spread my mixture out onto baking paper on an oven tray. This means that there were some “spare” rounded corners when I did my cutting.

I am not a perfectionist when cooking and these little odd shaped corners did not bother me, but if you were baking for others then I guess you would want to trim them off and put them in the pantry for emergency snacking.

You can see them in some of my photos.

Happy Eating.

Dani xx

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Orange & Vanilla Nut Biscuits
 
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Recipe type: Baking
Cuisine: Traditional Australian
Serves: 22
Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 150g castor sugar
  • Add ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence
  • The grated rind of 2 large oranges
  • 105 g plain flour
  • 75 g of crushed nuts (I used almonds and some hazelnuts)
Instructions
  1. Beat together 2 eggs with 150g castor sugar until it is light and airy.
  2. Add ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence and the grated peel of 2 large oranges.
  3. Fold in 105 g flour and 75 g of crushed nuts (I used almonds and some hazelnuts).
  4. Spread over 25cm by 30cm baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes at 180 degrees celsius.
  5. Cut into thin sticks while hot
  6. Remove and eat when cold (if you can wait).

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