Serving size: Serves 10 or more
Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes
Course: Cakes/baking

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INGREDIENTS

1 1/3 cups plain flour
1/3 cup self-raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs beaten lightly
½ cup roasted hazelnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

METHOD

Preheat oven to moderate.

Sift flours and sugar into large bowl.

Add egg, nuts and essence; stir until mixture becomes a firm dough.

Knead on lightly floured surface board until mixture just comes together; shape mixture into 25cm log.

Place on greased oven tray; bake, in moderate oven about 35 minutes or until firm; cool on tray.

Using serated or electric knife, cut log into 5mm diagonal slices.

Place slices on ungreased oven trays; bake in moderate oven about 10 minutes or until biscotti are dry and crisp.