Candlelights, building snowmen, decorating with little angels and baking lots of yummy treats. Recently I made a batch of delicious saffron biscottis. Here´s how to make them.
150 g almonds
75g butter
3 dl sugar
3 eggs
0,5 g saffron
7 dl plain white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
a dash of pure vanilla
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Chop the almonds coarsely. Blend butter, sugar and saffron. Add the eggs, one at a time while beating. Mix flour, baking powder, vanilla and the almonds seperately, then blend gently with the dough. Shape the dough into two logs, the same length as the baking plate. Cover the plate with a bakingsheet and bake in the lower half of the oven for 30 min. Remove from the oven and let the logs cool slightly, reduce oven temperature to 120 degrees C. Cut into diagonal slices. Put them back into the oven with the cut side down,let them dry for about 30 min or more if needed.
