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.

Orange Currant Scone

According to Wikipedia scones are a type of quick bread that first originated in Scotland. Of course when I think of scones I think of England, but huh who knew? So here was my attempt at making this wonderful tea time snack:

Ingredients for the scone:

2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

125 g butter softened

1/2 cup currants

zest from 1 orange

3/4 cup plain yogurt

1 egg

For the glaze:

1 egg white

1 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1. Sift together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, and baking powder.  

2. Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the orange zest, butter, yogurt, egg, and currants. Fold everything together.

3. Create a a round ball and flatten. Place in your springform pan. The dough shouldn´t be touching the sides of your pan.

4. Bake for about 30 minutes.

5. Create the glaze. Take the scones out of the oven and brush the glaze over the scones. Put the scones back into the oven for another 5-10 minutes.  

6. Let the scones cool for at least 10-15 minutes before serving.

My half eaten scone with my coffee. Come on off course it´s coffee.

Cranberry Chutney

Ingredients:

• 1 whole pineapple
• 2 oranges
• 1 small red onion
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 chili pepper
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar.

1. Chop up the pineapple into smaller 1/4 inch pieces, avoid using the tough center. Grate the orange so that you have about 2 tbsp of orange zest. Take off the tops of the oranges and chop up the oranges into smaller pieces. Chop up the red onion and the chili pepper.

2. Mix all of the ingredients into a deep skillet and cook for about 20 minutes. Make sure to stir every few minutes so that it doesn't burn the bottom of the pan.

You can serve this dish with crackers, as a side dish to turkey, or with some ham.