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Retro & Traditional / Cookies & cupcakes

Crunchy Diagonal Almond Biscotti

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

Two dough loaves are baked and then detailed in oblique slices and dried on both sides. The biscuits remain without chocolate or icing.

2 loaves of 25 x 6 cm; about 28 to 32 biscotti of 1.5 cm; 14 servings / Two dough loaves are cooked and then detailed in oblique slices and dried on both sides. The biscuits remain without chocolate or icing.

14Indicative portions
20 minPreparation
41 minBaking
45 minRest & Cooling
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Preparation

  1. Heat to 175 °C. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and zest. Stir in eggs and almonds; gather into firm dough.
  2. Share in two. Shape two flat loaves of 25 x 6 cm and about 2 cm thick on paper, sufficiently spaced. Cook for 22 to 25 minutes at 175°C.
  3. Tie for 15 minutes and then cut 1.5 cm slices with a saw knife. The yield depends on the angle and ends, about 28 to 32 cookies.
  4. Lie on the plate, dry for 8 minutes at 150 °C, turn over and dry for another 8 minutes. Use two baking tray if necessary, turning them mid-cook.
  5. Cool for 30 minutes on rack. The slices become crisp after cooling; keep them dry.

Preserve and Serve

2 weeks in dry airtight box.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
  • Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
  • Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.

Substitutions and variations

To vary a zest, choose another citrus fruit washed and intended for this use, keeping the same amount. Does not automatically replace juice, whose acidity can change the preparation.

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