Coconut Lime Biscotti (no eggs!)

At it's best example of frugality, limes were a quarter at the market, and I had some leftover coconut from my husband's birthday cake a couple of weeks ago. We bought some eggs at the market yesterday, so I whipped out my biscotti recipe. After I'd put it in the oven I realized that I had forgotten to add the eggs! I had noticed that the dough had been a little dry, but I just added some water to compensate. Still, they came out delicious!


2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup coconut
1 lime, zested and juiced
1 tsp. Coconut extract
1/4 cup water/milk (or 3 eggs)

Cut together butter and sugar (or melt butter and stir in sugar) and stir in coconut extract.
(Add eggs at this point if you like)
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir in to wet ingredients.
Stir in lime juice and zest, as well as coconut.
If you didn't use eggs, stir in water until desired consistency (a slightly sticky ball)
Form 2 logs on greased foil or silpat sheet.

Mine weren't that pretty, but now I know it's because there were no eggs!
Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.
Let them cool slightly, and then cut diagonally with serrated knife.
Bake at 300 for another 10 minutes.

Then Enjoy! You can top these with some white chocolate, but I like the flavor unadulterated. I like to use foil because not only is it easy to clean up, but because you can lift the foil off of the baking sheet for the logs to cool faster and to cut them without worrying about accidentally cutting your baking sheet.

These were so delicious. I always try and conserve eggs, because they go fast around here and the less we use the more money we save. This is a good accidental discovery. No egg biscotti. Hurrah!