BLISSFUL ORANGE VANILLA BISCOTTI Filed under ( Biscuits and Cookies, Cakes and Bakes )

These are my Early morning blissful SUMMER treat!, so good that I could eat a dozen!...a zesty flavorful and fruity biscotti, light and crisp and so refreshing in the hot Indian summer, perfect with some Lemon Iced Tea.
The basic recipe is same as I had posted before but sans the addition of nuts, I think I really like these since you can feel the texture all through, whatever that means :)
It's Sunday morning here and I am up bright and early, enjoying a batch of fresh, aromatic biscotti, baking has uplifted my spirits in a way that nothing else ever can!!
To make these you require (adapted from here)-
(makes 8 large ones and about 20 small bite size one's)

• Sugar-1/2 cup
• Butter(salted)-60 gms
• All purpose flour-1 and 1/4 cup
• Baking powder-3/4 tsp
• Orange flower water/Orange flavor- a few dropS
• Grated orange zest -1 orange
• Pure vanilla essence-1/2 tsp

Method- Preheat oven to 180 C/350 F and line a baking sheet with foil/parchment,take granulated sugar in a large bowl and sprinkle rind on top, rub to moisten and leave for few minutes, beat in softened butter till light and fluffy.Add egg and essence and beat well for a few minutes.Sieve flour and baking powder together and add to the egg mixture, it will come together to form a soft, sticky dough.Flour your work surface and halve the dough, shape into two logs, 10 inches long and about 1 inch thick, shape with dampened hands and flatten a bit, gently place on baking sheet at least three inches apart and bake for 25 minutes, cool for 10 minutes then with a very sharp knife slice diagonallyand bake again for 15 minutes, transfer to wire rack and cool completely.Store in an airtight container.Enjoy over hot cups of coffee