Eggless Almond Biscottis

This month on Home Bakers Challenge the theme chosen by +Priya Suresh was Biscottis . I had already had posted the Savory version of biscottis .  When i was searching for more apple recipes after my apple picking , I came a cross this eggless version of biscottis which substitutes apple sauce for eggs. Isn't it cool . The taste was fabulous with crunchy almonds in every bite . 

Good thing about this recipe is Apple sauce gives you natural sweetness and you require to add less amount of sugar and the fat content is much lesser than usual, still you will not miss the goodness of biscottis .

                                          This recipe was adopted from here. 
INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose Flour - 3/4 Cup
Baking Powder - 1/4 TSP
Salt - 1/4 TSP
Sugar - 3 TBLS (Depending on the sweetness of apples)
Vegetable oil - 1 TBLS
Vanilla Extract -  1/2 TSP
Almonds - 1/3 Cup
Apple - 1/2  to make a puree about 1/4 Cup.  ( You might need more or lesser depending on forming the dough )

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Pre- heat the oven at 350F.
• Aline the baking tray with parchment paper .
• Combine all the dry ingredients together ,except sugar  .
• Combine Apple sauce , sugar , vanilla extract and oil . Mix till the sugar is dissolved.
• Now add the apple sauce mixture and almonds to the dry ingredients and combine all with hands.
• This will make a smooth dough .
• Shape the dough to the shape of a log , about 3 inches wide and 3/4 inches thickness.
• Transfer it to a baking tray .
• Bake it for 25 - 30 minutes till it is firm.
• Once it is done , take it off the oven and cool it for 15 minutes.
• Using a knife slice the biscottis cross wise and arrange the biscottis in the baking tray
• Now decrease the temperature to 300F and place the baking tray in the oven .
• Bake it for 10 minutes on each side. Once they are done place it on the wire rack and allow it to cool completely .

Note - I had used apple puree / Sauce made at home . You could use store bought apple sauce .
          Depending on the sweetness of the sauce adjust the sugar level for the biscottis .

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Savoury Caraway Cheese Biscottis # HBC

For this month challenge on Home Bakers Challenge was Biscottis . Biscottis are twice baked cookies originated from Prato , Italy . These cookies are oblong shaped almond biscuits , made dry and crunchy through the loaf of  dough while still hot and fresh from baking in the oven. Thank you +Priya Suresh  for choosing Biscottis for this months challenge , i would have not tried this at all .

 For this months challenge as usual we were given 4 biscotti recipes and we had to choose one and make them. 4 suggested recipes were :

• Savoury Caraway Cheddar Biscottis
• Eggless Oats Chocolate Biscottis
• American Style Vanilla Biscottis
• Savory Mediterranean Biscottis

I adopted the Savoury Caraway Cheddar Biscottis recipe and made quite a few changes in it . one was i used mozzarella instead of Cheddar , instead of eggs i used yogurt and for spiciness i added chili flakes and for some flavor i added dried parsley .

It is my first time baking biscottis , though by looks it doesn't look great , but it tasted really good.

INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose Flour - 1 Cup + 2 TBLS
Yogurt - 1/4 Cup +
Cheese - 1 Cup
Baking Powder - 1/2 TSP
Salt - 1/4 TSP
Chili Flakes - 1 TSP
Dried Parsley - 1 TSP
Caraway Seeds - 1/2 TSP
Crushed Pepper Corns - 1/4 TSP

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl .
• To that mixture add the cheese and lastly add the yogurt and form it to a dough.
• In a lightly floured surface knead the dough couple of times. 
• Lastly form the dough into log shape .
• Place it into a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake it at 350F for 20- 25 minutes until the log is firm.
• Allow it to cool down completely.
• Now cut them into slices.
• Arrange them into the baking sheet and bake them for 15 minutes on each side or till they are golden brown.
• Cool them completely before serving.

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