- Tipical Umbrian Tozzetti recipe -

Ciao a tutti, 

here is the Umbrian recipe to prepare wonderful Tozzetti biscuits.

Enjoy and for every question please feel free to contact Cristiana    

           TOZZETTI 

 500 gr  flour

 200 gr  sugar

 1 egg + 3 yolks

 125 gr butter or 80 gr olive oil

 250 gr  whole sweet hazelnuts (some chopped)

 2 chocolate cubes (chopped in small pieces)

 ½ glass of anise or 3 spoons of anice seeds

 1 teaspoon of yeast

Oven at  180°C or 350/360 F

Wisk the egg and the yolks together with sugar.

Add the flour and the butter, then the anise, hazelnuts and the.

Continue to knead the dough (add more flour if you see it's dough is not dense enough. You have to create a rectangular shape with the dough).

Put the mixture on a baking pan with paper.

Bake it for 15 minutes at 180°. 

Wait until cools down, then cut into small slices.

Place the pan back in the oven for about 10 more minutes to let the tozzetti harden.

Ingredients 

Final result...buon appetito !