Wine Biscuits Rhode Island Recipes

ITALIAN WINE BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Make a well in the center and add the vegetable oil and wine.
• Mix thoroughly and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• To form the biscuits, pinch off 1-inch balls of dough and gently roll into a small log about 1/2-inch in diameter.
• Bring the ends together to form a circle and pinch to close.
• Place the formed biscuits on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush with the egg-water mixture.
• Bake for 12 to 18 minutes until solid and slightly crisp on the outside.
• These cookies do not really brown, so test them after 12 minutes and time them according to your personal taste.
• Cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.

ITALIAN WINE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º.
• Mix wet ingredients into dry.
• Knead until smooth.
• Cut off piece of dough about the size of a pencil and roll between palms.
• Knot the dough like making a pretzel.
• Brush top of biscuits with milk or egg yolk.
• Bake for about 10-12 minutes.

BISCOTTI DI PEPE - TARALLI - ITALIAN PEPPER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in water.
• Sift flour salt and pepper onto mixing board.
• Make a well in the center and add yeast and oil.
• Blend together and gradually incorporate into flour.
• The dough will be stiff.
• Knead 10 minutes.
• Place in oiled bowl, turn to coat, cover with towel and let rise until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat oven to 375º.
• Break off small pieces of dough and roll into ropes about 6 inches long.
• Form a ring and pinch edges together.
• Place on baking sheet and let rise 20 minutes.
• Brush with oil and bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

WINE COOKIES (ORIGINAL ITALIAN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder and sugar. Add the wine and oil. Mix with a large fork and then with your hands.
• Roll small pieces of dough between hands to make "logs" then shape into circles. The circles should be no bigger than the 2 inches in diameter. Roll cookies in extra sugar and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until slightly brown. After cookies cool they should be hard and crisp.

ITALIAN WINE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix the wine and oil together and set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and the cup of sugar.
• Add the wine and oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix them together with a fork until they are well combined into a stiff dough. It is a light red, rather odd color.
• Pinch off about 2 tablespoons of the dough and roll/pull it into a 7-9 inch cigar or pencil shape.
• Form the cookie into a circle, bowtie, figure eight, or spiral. Brush the top with the beaten egg and sprinkle a bit of sugar on part or all of the top. alternatively, roll part of the cookie in sguar, just enough to lightly coat it. Place the cookie on a parchment or silicone mat-lined cookie sheet and repeat with the rest of the dough.
• Bake the cookies for 25-30 minutes, until lightly browned on the bottom and slightly hard to the touch.
• Let them cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet, then remove them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

ITALIAN WINE BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375º.
• 2. Mix wet ingredients into dry.
• 3. Knead until smooth.
• 4. Cut off piece of dough about the size of a pencil and roll between palms.
• 5. Knot the dough like making a pretzel.
• 6. Brush top of biscuits with milk or egg yolk.
• 7. Bake for about 10-12 minutes.