A friend of mine made biscotti a few months ago and told me it was actually really easy to make...and I love eating biscotti with a nice cup of hot tea. So I found this recipe in a magazine and tried it. Yum-o!
Makes: 2 dozen
8 T (1 stick) unsalted butter
4 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup cocoa
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 t. pure vanilla extract
1 cup nuts (I used macadamia nuts but almonds could be used)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and chocolate together. Stir until smooth. Sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat sugar and eggs together on medium speed until lightened. Add vanilla. On low speed, add chocolate mixture, then flour mixture. Stir in nuts. Dough will be soft. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface (I just used a cutting board). Form two 9 in.-long-by-3 1/2 in.-wide logs on parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 30 minutes, until dough sets. Cool 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 275 degrees. Slice dough into 1/2 inch slices; place cut side down on baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Turn over; bake 20 minutes, until slightly dry. Let cool on wire rack. Store in airtight container. I then drizzled melted chocolate across the top...just because you can never have too much chocolate.
