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Italian wine biscuits | Mother Would Know

Italian Wine Biscuits

Simple, biscotti-like cookies flavored with red wine, these biscuits are perfect for dunking.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup full-bodied red wine E.g. Chianti
  • 3/4 cup flavorless oil E.g. canola, aovcado, or grapeseed
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 pinch largeof salt
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar + more for dusting outside
  • 1 large egg beaten with 1 teaspoon of water

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Mix the wine and oil together and set aside.
  3. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and the cup of sugar.
  4. Add the wine and oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix them together with a fork until they are well combined into a stiff dough. It is a light red, rather odd color.
  5. Pinch off about 2 tablespoons of the dough and roll/pull it into a 7-9 inch cigar or pencil shape.
  6. Form the cookie into a circle, bowtie, figure eight, or spiral. Brush the top with the beaten egg and sprinkle a bit of sugar on part or all of the top. alternatively, roll part of the cookie in sguar, just enough to lightly coat it. Place the cookie on a parchment or silicone mat-lined cookie sheet and repeat with the rest of the dough.
  7. Bake the cookies for 25-30 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottom and slightly hard to the touch.
  8. Let them cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet, then remove them to a wire rack to finish cooling.