I am not a singer. In fact, I wasn’t blessed with musical talent of any type.
That is why it is so remarkable that I wrote a song. It took a great deal of inspiration, but upon meeting my muse, the words just organically flew from my mouth…
“Biscot-tah, you make my heart sing. Oh, you make ev-rah-thing, groovy. Biscot-tah!”
I may have borrowed the tune from Jimi Hendrix. However, after taking a bite of my first batch of homemade biscotti, I couldn’t help but sing.
I’m not too worried. Had Hendrix tried the biscotti, I’m sure he would be singing, too.
Whole-Wheat Sunflower Seed Biscotti
Recipe adapted from Steph Chows.
Ingredients:
• ¾ C whole-wheat flour
• ½ C all-purpose flour
• ½ dry-roasted unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1 t baking powder
• 1/3 C sugar
• 2 T brown sugar
• ½ C chocolate chips
• 2 T milled flax seeds
• 6 T water
• 1 t vanilla
Directions:
• Whisk together ingredients whole-wheat flour through chocolate chips in large mixing bowl.
• In a small bowl, beat together milled flax seeds, water and vanilla.
• Hollow out a well in the middle of flour mixture. Pour flax seed mix into well and mix thoroughly. Mixture will be crumbly—may need to use hands to knead into dough.
• Form into two rectangles on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Remove from oven and slice rectangles into long, thin slices. Rearrange on cookie sheet and bake for another 20 minutes.
Whole-Wheat Orange and Cranberry Biscotti
Paired with a steaming cup of coffee, biscotti is the perfect way to start off the morning.
Ingredients:
• ¾ C whole-wheat flour
• ½ C all-purpose flour
• ½ C chopped raw almonds
• 1 t baking powder
• 1/3 C sugar
• 2 T brown sugar
• ½ C chocolate chips
• ½ C crasins
• 2 T milled flax seeds
• 4 T water
• 2 T fresh squeezed orange juice (zest before juicing)
• 1 t vanilla (or could use orange or almond extract)
• Orange zest
Directions:
• Whisk together ingredients whole-wheat flour through crasins in large mixing bowl.
• In a small bowl, beat together milled flax seeds, water, orange juice, vanilla and orange zest.
• Hollow out a well in the middle of flour mixture. Pour flax seed mix into well and mix thoroughly. Mixture will be crumbly—may need to use hands to knead into dough.
• Form into two rectangles on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Remove from oven and slice rectangles into long, thin slices. Rearrange on cookie sheet and bake for another 20 minutes.
These biscotti are so good that I want to eat them all day, every day…
On second thought, since a bite of biscotti seems linked to an inexplicable desire to sing, maybe I should wait until no one is around.
I still have a bit of stage fright.
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