Soft Cinnamon Raisin Banana Biscotti With A Crunch

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 banana, ripe and mashed
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs (one for baking one for -wash)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease cookie sheet very lightly.
• 3 sift all-purpose flour and baking powder into large mixing bowl. then stir in sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• 4 in a separate mixing bowl, combine banana, vegetable oil, vanilla, and one egg.
• 5 pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients; mix well with a hand or cookie mixer.
• 6 fold in raisins.
• 7 on a floured board, scoop mixture onto it and lightly knead.
• 8 form a 7-8" log onto lightly greased baking sheet. pat down to 1/2 thickness.
• 9 bake at 350ºf for 25 minutes.
• 10 turn oven down to 250°f.
• 11 remove log from sheet and let cool for 10 minutes.
• 12 in a small bowl, mix together one egg and a bit of water for -wash, mix.
• 13 cut biscotti into 1/2-1" pieces, lightly and thinly brush top and centers with -wash.
• 14 turn biscotti on their sides and bake at 250ºf for 15 minutes.
• 15 let cool for 20 minutes.