orange biscotti

Ingredients:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 tbsp of vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 tbsp orange zest
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 cups of flour

Instructions:
1. Grease a baking sheet or dish.
2. Preaheat the oven to 350 degrees.
3. Mix the sugar, oil, vanilla, orange zest, and eggs.
4. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
5. The dough shouldn't be that sticky. If it is put it in the fridge for about 5 minutes. Divide the dough in half and form two logs.
6. Place the logs on the baking sheet and press it down a little so that it's about 3/4 of an inch thick. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, until slightly brown.
7. Take the baking sheet out of the oven and let the two logs cool for about 10 minutes.
8. Put a log on a cutting board and use a serrated knife to cut the log with diagonal strips. Place the cookies back on the baking sheet with the cut side up. Bake on each side for about 5 minutes.

For the chocolate dip:
1. Melt 1 tbsp of manteca.
2. Stir in 1 tbsp of powdered dark chocolate.
3. Squeeze half an orange into the mixture.
4. Stir everything together, take off the fire and dip the biscotti.