Special Occasion Orange Pecan Biscotti

== Description ==
Purchased from the O'Reilly Estate in Fort Worth, Texas in 1988. Marked as Bessie’s favorite biscotti “sells well at bake sales”. Notation indicates this came from a 1960’s Ladies Home Journal. Exact date unknown. 
== Ingredients ==
* 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/4-teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons Sugar
* 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
* 1/4-teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 teaspoon orange zest
* 1 egg
* 3/4-cup pecans 
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350. 
# Toast pecans. 
# Finely chop pecans and set aside. 
# Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. 
# cream Sugar and softened butter together in a separate bowl until fluffy. 
# Add vanilla extract, orange zest, and egg to Sugar mixture. 
# Add dry ingredients, including pecans, and fold in until thoroughly blended. 
# On a cookie tray covered with waxed paper, form the dough into a 3-inch by 12-inch log. 
# Remove the waxed paper and bake for 18 to 20 minutes. 
# Set aside to cool for ten minutes, then slice diagonally and place on the cookie sheet cut-side down. 
# Bake for another 20 minutes at 300-degrees, then turn the oven off and leave the biscotti in the oven for one to two hours until crunchy. 
== Contributed by: ==
Cat's Recipes Y-Group
Category:Cathy's Recipes
Category:Vanilla extract Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes