Our Western worldview gets involved here once again. We have a strong tendency to want to analyze everything and place the parts in neat, mutually exclusive categories. So we ask questions like, How do I know whether it is the world, the flesh, or the devil? My response is that most situations will involve some of each element to some extent… (They) are treated as working together so closely that you cannot talk about one without talking about the other. The flesh is the earthly qualities about which enable us to respond to the temptation. The world is the milieu in which we live and which is under the control of 'the ruler of the kingdom of the air.' Satan and his demons know what fleshly parts of us are especially vulnerable, and they use the stimuli of the world around us to arouse sinful thought in us. The Devil would be a fool not to try to take advantage of the world and the flesh in his aim to destroy us.

Timothy Warner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs	Italian		40	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Shelled hazelnuts
2 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
1/4	c	Unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4	ts	Baking soda
1/4	ts	Salt
1	c	Sugar
2	lg	Eggs
1	lg	Egg white
1 1/2	ts	Grated orange zest
1	ts	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

The word biscotti means "twice baked," and these Italian specialties do go
into the oven twice: The dough, formed into a log, is baked until firm, and
then the logs are sliced and rebaked to produce crisp cookies that are
traditionally served with a beverage for dunking. To reduce the calories
and fat we:
* eliminated the 1/2 cup butter * reduced the amount of nuts
Before After Calories 85 59 Fat (g.) 3 0.9 % Calories from Fat 32% 13%
Cholesterol (mg.) 10 11
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray;
set aside. Place the hazelnuts in a baking pan and toast for 8 to 10
minutes, or until the skins loosen and the nuts are lightly browned. Place
the hazelnuts in a kitchen towel and rub to remove the skins. Finely chop
the nuts; set aside. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees. In a large
bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In
another large bowl, with an electric mixer at medium speed, beat the sugar,
eggs, egg white, orange zest and vanilla until well combined.
With the mixer at low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients and
hazelnuts, and beat until well combined. Turn the dough out onto a lightly
floured surface. Shape the dough into two 12-inch-long logs. Place the logs
on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the
bottoms are lightly browned and the tops are set. Remove the logs to a wire
rack to cool for about 10 minutes, then cut each log diagonally into
1/2-inch-thick slices. Return the slices to the baking sheet and bake for
another 10 to 15 minutes (turning the biscotti once halfway through
baking), or until lightly toasted all over. Transfer the biscotti to wire
racks to cool completely.
Makes 40 cookies; serving size 1.
Posted to recipelu-digest by Sandy <sandysno@pctech.net> on Mar 19, 1998

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