Cashew Orange Biscotti Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 300°F. and butter a large baking sheet.
• Coarsely chop cashews.
• Into a bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together 3 eggs, zest, and vanilla until just combined.
• Stir in flour mixture and beat until a stiff dough is formed.
• Stir in cashews.
• In a small bowl beat together water and remaining egg to make an egg wash.
• On baking sheet with floured hands form dough into two 12-inch-long logs and flatten slightly.
• Brush logs with some egg wash.
• Bake logs in middle of oven until golden, about 50 minutes.
• Cool logs on baking sheet on a rack 10 minutes.
• On a cutting board with a serrated knife diagonally cut logs into roughly 1/3-inch-thick slices.
• Arrange biscotti, a cut side down, on baking sheet and bake in middle of oven until crisp, about 15 minutes.
• Cool biscotti on rack.
• Biscotti keep in an airtight container at cool room temperature 2 weeks.
• Makes about 60 biscotti.