Orange Walnut Biscotti - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 2/3 cups flour
    1 1/3 cups sugar
    1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
    1 orange, zest of
    1/2 lemon, zest of
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    2 eggs
    1 egg yolk
    2 -3 teaspoons orange extract
    4 ounces butter, melted
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F In a large bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients (first 7 ingredients on list above).
    In a small bowl slightly beat eggs& egg yolk together, and add to the dry ingredients along with the extract& the melted butter.
    Mix by hand with a wooden spoon or with hands.
    If dough is too stiff, add some juice from the zested orange.
    Turn dough out onto work surface; knead lightly and form into two logs.
    Place logs on lightly greased cookie sheet& flatten slightly.
    Brush logs with beaten egg white.
    Bake 30 minutes; let cool completely, then slice each log diagonally into 1\" slices with serrated knife, using a sawing motion.
    Stand the slices on the cookie sheet and return to the oven.
    Bake an additional 7-10 minutes or until crisp.

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