Description
A not-too-sweet Canadian take on the classic Italian cookie.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Sift together flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a bowl.
- Beat softened butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat one egg into butter mixture until completely blended
- then beat in remaining egg
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- and maple extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture just until dough forms; fold in walnuts until just combined.
- Divide dough in half. Shape each portion of dough into a log the length of a baking sheet
- and place on the prepared baking sheet. Flatten each log into a rectangle 3 inches wide and 1-inch tall.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on the bottom and slightly cracked on top
- about 30 minutes. Remove from oven to cool for 15 minutes
- but leave oven on.
- Slice logs diagonally into 1/2-inch thick slices
- and lay slices on their sides on the baking sheet.
- Bake biscotti in the preheated oven until lightly browned and crisp on the outside
- about 8 minutes. Remove from oven; cool for a few minutes.
- Stir together 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1/4 cup maple syrup in a bowl. Stir confectioners’ sugar into mixture gradually until smooth. Drizzle maple glaze lightly with a spoon over warm biscotti.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 20