Mangia Con Elena

Cranberry Orange Biscotti I love the taste of cranberry and orange together. Festive, sweet and citrusy. These biscotti are made exactly the same way as my earlier post for almond rinfornati (cantucci )with a few changes to the recipe. I then sweetened them up a little more by adding drizzled milk chocolate. You can leave them without the drizzle or add dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate. Another option is to dip half the biscotti in the chocolate! Mmmmmm!  Please note that I highly recommend you buy a food scale so that yu can convert if necessary and measure exactly. If there is one thing I have learned about baking is that it is absolutely a science and I can not bake like I cook. There is no "quanto basta" in cooking and that was something I had to learn the hard way!  My cousin in Italy asked me how much 1 cup of flour is in grams so I measured it out and it would be approximately 125 grams- ish. See, that is why I needed a scale! 😆😊👍 Please follow my I

  Rinfornati Rinfornati di Mandorle We recognize these Italian cookies by the name biscotti. The word biscotti is derived from latin biscoctus meaning "twice cooked. or baked." In Italy, the term biscotti is used to describe any cookie. Italians call these cookies "rifornati", meaning rebaked. If you are in the Tuscan region they call these cookies cantucci. There are many variations of rifornati and a great deal of these variations are not truly Italian. Nonetheless, they are delicious.  These cookies are golden brown, crunchy and hard. They are perfect for dunking into coffee, espresso, hot chocolate  and vin santo! We would eat these after dinner on special occasions and my mom would make lots during the Christmas season to give away as gifts. These are perfect for gift giving! They can be stored in a paper bag in your cupboard for about a week. They can also be frozen in baggies and taken out whenever needed.  Most recipes call for whole almonds. I measure out t