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Biscotti (/ b ɪ ˈ s k ɒ t i /, Italian: [biˈskɔtti]; lit. ' biscuits ') are Italian almond biscuits originating in the city of Prato, Tuscany. They are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, and crunchy. [1] In Italy, they are known as cantucci, biscotti di Prato or biscotti etruschi and may be dipped in a drink, traditionally Vin Santo.
A biscuit, in many English-speaking countries, including Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa but not Canada or the US, is a flour-based baked and shaped food item.
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two doctors to aid digestion.
Camporelli or biscotti Camporelli [1] is a light biscuit made with flour, sugar and eggs, and then baked twice. They are characterised by their round, long shape, crispy edges and golden colour, as well as the lack of fat, such as butter. [ 2 ]
Some cookies, such as hermits or biscotti, are molded into large flattened loaves that are later cut into smaller cookies. No-bake cookies are made by mixing a filler, such as cereal or nuts, into a melted confectionery binder, shaping into cookies or bars, and allowing to cool or harden. Oatmeal clusters and rum balls are no-bake cookies.
The image of Biscuit Bread from a 1917 recipe book.. Southern chefs may have had an advantage in creating biscuits. Northern American all-purpose flours, mainly grown in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, are made from the hard spring wheats that grow in the North's cold-winter climate.
Ladyfingers or Naples biscuits, [1] in British English sponge fingers, also known by the Italian name savoiardi (Italian: [savoˈjardi]) or by the French name boudoirs (French:), are low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuits roughly shaped like large fingers. [2]
[1] [2] [3] It has been referred to as being similar to biscotti or as a type of biscotti. [4] Paximathia is a common food in Greece and many Greek bakeries sell the bread, which is often served as a breakfast food with marmalade or cheese. [1] [5] Paximathia is purveyed also in Greek specialty stores in many areas of the United States. [5]