Whole grain rum biscuits (Biscotti Integrali)

[Mediterranean diet]

Whole grain rum biscuits (Biscotti Integrali)

Category: Bakery products

Ingredients
Whole wheat flour	250 g
Butter, unsalted, room temperature	145 g
Brown sugar	125 g
Chicken egg, large	1 PC
Rum dark	30 g
baking powder	5 g
Vanilla extract	2 g
Salt	1 pinch

Cooking method

• 1. Whisk butter and sugar until creamy.
• 2. Add vanilla, rum and egg to the whipped butter. Whisk the whole thing for at least 2 minutes until smooth and airy.
• 3. Preheat the oven to 180oFROM.
• 4. Combine flour, salt and baking powder. Add the whipped butter, sugar and spice mixture to the flour. Mix everything well until smooth. If the dough is too wet, add a little flour. Form the dough into a ball, transfer it to a bowl, cover with a towel and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• 5. Line the baking sheet with baking paper. Lubricate the paper with butter.
• 6. Sprinkle flour on the table. Put the dough on it and roll it into a layer 0.5 cm thick.Use a glass or a special shape to cut the cookies. Place the cookies on a lined baking sheet. Do not forget to leave a gap of at least 2-3cm between the cookies.
• 7. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes. Cool the finished cookies on a wire rack.
• 8. Bon appetit.
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  Mediterranean diet - not some specific system or instruction, but a collection of dietary habits and principles traditionally followed by the people of the Mediterranean. The term "Mediterranean diet" was coined in the 1950s by Ansel and Margaret Kay. The diet became popular due to the so-called French paradox: despite the fact that people in the south of France consume quite a lot of fat, they have much lower rates of cardiovascular disease than people in countries like the United States.
  
  The Mediterranean is surrounded by no less than 16 countries, and food traditions differ between these countries due to culture, ethnic background and religion. But there are many characteristics that they all have in common:
  
  

  • The share of fruits, vegetables, potatoes, beans, nuts, seeds, bread and other cereals in the food consumed is high.
    Olive oil is actively used, which is used both for frying and for seasoning (in the latter case, cold-pressed oil is often used).
  • Moderate amounts of fish and small amounts of meat are eaten. Heavy meats (pork, beef, or lamb) are consumed regularly, but not necessarily every week. Poultry (chicken, goose, ostrich) and eggs are consumed almost every day, but not necessarily every day.
  • Mainly consumed are yoghurts made from skimmed milk and low-fat cheeses such as mozzarella, feta, halloumi, and Safed cheese. The yoghurt is also fat free.
  • Moderate consumption of red wine, usually with food (except in Muslim countries).
  • Consumption of fresh local seasonal products - vegetables, fruits and herbs is typical.
  • Sweets are not every day.
  • Active lifestyle.

[Idol32,]

Idol32,very appetizing cookie! : flowers: I love this - crunchy crumbly ... But how does it relate to the diet, if it contains so much fat and sugar?

[Idol32,]

Idol32,very appetizing cookie! : flowers: I love this - crunchy crumbly ... But how does it relate to the diet, if it contains so much fat and sugar?

It's all about two things: the whole grain flour and the amount of cookies eaten!

[Idol32]

Idol32, amazingly appetizing and yet simple cookie, noble simplicity
MariS, this option, of course, has nothing, even remotely, to a dietary one, despite the whole flour

[Idol32]

Idol32, amazingly appetizing and yet simple cookie, noble simplicity
MariS, this option, of course, has nothing, even remotely, to a dietary one, despite the whole flour

- but with a slight movement of the hand, the trousers turn ... turn tsya pants ... (C) minus all sugar, plus 2/3 tsp of stevioside, minus all oil, plus the same amount by weight of soft fat-free cottage cheese - in elegant shorts in quite a dietary cookie!

I would have replaced 50 grams of flour with bran for fidelity

The Mediterranean diet is not a diet in the sense that you put it. This is not a diet at all! This is a set of rules and habits. For example, the French paradox - the inhabitants of the south of France eat large amounts of fat, but the level of cardiovascular diseases there is much lower than in our country or in the USA.

By the way, diet is translated from Greek as "lifestyle".

[Idol32]

Idol32, but I'm not talking about the "Mediterranean diet", but about the one that MariS and I are concerned about, do not take it personally!

[Idol32]

Idol32, but I'm not talking about the "Mediterranean diet", but about the one that MariS and I are concerned about, do not take it personally!

I have type 2 diabetes, which cannot be persuaded by any stories about the Mediterranean diet, sugar and butter are simply impossible, and that's it.
If you are interested, take a look at my profile, I get out of the situation quite well and keep my blood sugar normal without medication (and cholesterol, blood pressure and weight) by the nutrition system

I sympathize

I am a supporter of simple things. If possible, without substitutes, and even more so any additional chemistry. The main thing is not to abuse it. Then, I'm sure everything will be fine if, of course, initially there were no ailments.

I absolutely agree with you, therefore I use only a natural substitute for sugar - powder from the leaves of "honey grass" stevia

Thank you for your sympathy, only in fact you can look at it from the other side, not from the position "glass is half empty", but from "glass is half full"

It will be interesting to see your "lightweight" version of this cookie. I am more or less familiar with stevia, but I can’t imagine cookies on cottage cheese instead of butter. I will wait for the photo and the story of what happened!

[Idol32]

Idol32,
I am on a stricter unloading until autumn, until I bake, but I confess - as soon as I saw, I saved your wonderful recipe in the bookmarks

So far, you can see the results of replacing butter with soft fat-free cottage cheese in my alterations of other recipes

Interesting. Something to try (preferably with fewer ingredients). But why do you use vanillin instead of vanilla?

in different ways, there is vanilla, there is also vanillin.
only vanilla in ice cream
if possible - of course, replace with vanilla

baked cookies-aromaaatnye! THANK YOU!

[Biscotti di Crusca]

To your health!

If you like such gizmos, then here's another version of such a cookie - you can take premium wheat flour and add wheat bran (200g flour and 50g bran) and then it will be Biscotti di Crusca

Thanks Igor! I'll try this option too!

Another option - you can diversify the cookies by adding the zest of one lemon or orange, or a mixture of lemon and orange zest to the dough. You can also add chocolate chips. There are such ready-made things especially for baking, they do not stir much when kneading the dough. Or add homemade crumbs, which you must first freeze in the refrigerator so that the crumbs do not stir with the dough, but remain in the form of pieces in the cookies.

Idol32! Thanks a lot for the recipe. Really simple, but delicious. I baked it between cooking dinner and rolling cucumbers. Everything turned out without problems. We have already had our evening tea with two or three cookies. I bring you a big plus !!!!

To your health!

And here's another simple but very good cookie recipe: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=170789.0

Thank you!
This recipe has already been tested with us and is listed in our favorites. By the way, biscuits are stored very well in a tightly closed tin box. And with aromatic tea, and even with the addition of ginger and lemon - it's just a song. But I don’t dare to approach your bread recipes yet.

To your health!

Hope to delight you with new delicious cookies soon!

Idol32, as always, you are on top with your recipes!

I thought that baked goods made from whole grain flour are a bit tastier than white ones ... but it turned out to be even tastier than simple shortbread cookies !!! It is impossible to break away!

Only I didn't put in the rum, we are adherents of a sober lifestyle.

Thank you very much, I don’t post a photo, because the cookies are almost like yours, only it rolled out with difficulty, stuck to the table and cracked, and then when I took it off the table with a spatula and carried it, it shrivels a little, maybe something is wrong, but like everything is according to the recipe, unless the egg was large but average.

Alcohol evaporates during baking, only aroma and taste remain

[Idol32]

Idol32, Igor, thank you! Very, very tasty, there was no rum, I added tequila and such a blend with vanilla!
I added a little flour and sprinkled it during rolling.
Thank you for the recipes, yummy

Excellent, not hackneyed, but very correct recipe, I use it !! Thank you very much!!

Thanks a lot for the recipe. I really love these cookies!
The only thing I didn't buy was rum - I forgot it and replaced it with German tincture on oranges. It went great, but I didn’t translate grams into ml and didn’t translate it by eye, nothing like that - we don’t sing songs. How much is 30 grams of alcohol in ml? Help translate, otherwise I'll get drunk, I love these cookies and will do them often.
And the flour was whole grain spelled. Delicious nutty taste and aroma. Sprinkled after cooling the sugar. powder.
Next time I'll make it from a simple whole grain.