Nutty Chocolate Chip Biscotti Recipes

CHOCOLATE NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour cookie sheet.
• In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate and nuts.
• Divide dough into two equal parts. On floured surface, shape dough into two logs, 14 inches long, 1-1/2 inches wide and 1 inch thick. Place two inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a cutting board. Let cool 5 minutes. Cut into 3/4 inch thick diagonal slices and return to cookie sheet, standing upright.
• Bake 10 minutes more or until slightly dry. Cool completely on wire racks.

CHOCOLATE-CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. With a pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in the butter or margarine until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon beaten eggs into a cup; reserve. Add chocolate chips, walnuts, vanilla, and remaining beaten eggs to flour mixture; stir until evenly moistened. With hand, knead mixture a few times in bowl until dough forms.
• On floured surface, with floured hands, divide dough into quarters. Shape each quarter into a 9" by 2" log. Place logs crosswise, 4 inches apart, on 2 large cookie sheets. With a pastry brush, brush tops and sides of logs with reserved egg. Bake logs 25 minutes. Cool logs on cookie sheets on wire rack 10 minutes.
• Place 1 log on cutting board. With serrated knife, cut warm log crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices. Place slices upright, 1/4-inch apart, on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining logs. Bake slices 15 minutes to allow biscotti to dry out. Cool completely on sheets on wire racks. (Biscotti will harden as they cool.) Store biscotti in tightly covered container.

GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Lightly grease and flour large baking sheet (I sprayed with Pam).
• In a small bowl,stir the eggs,instant coffee and vanilla until well blended; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg mixture.
• Gradually add the flour mixture, beating well after addition.
• Stir in chocolate and nuts.
• Divide the dough into 2 equal portions.
• On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into 2 logs, each 14" long, 1-1/2" wide, and 1" thick.
• Place the logs on baking sheet.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Set the baking sheet on a wire rack to cool 10 minutes.
• Remove the logs to cutting board (I usually just cut them on the cookie sheet). Cut with serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Place slices 1/2 inch apart upright (not on sides).
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly dry.
• Remove to rack to cool.
• I leave mine on cookie, let cool.
• Then drizzle with melted chocolate (I melt chocolate in microwave).
• The chocolate is just my addition - so good with a cup of coffee.
• Store biscotti in air tight container.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
• In a medium bowl, combine bananas, oil, egg and vanilla.
• Pour banana mixture into dry mixture along with nuts and chocolate chips, stir together.
• Flour a working area and turn dough out onto it. Flour hands as dough is sticky. Form two 7 inch loaves about 2 inches wide.
• Put loaves on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and turn temperature down to 250 degrees.
• Remove loaves from cookie sheet and let cool 10 minutes.
• Cut loaves into 3/4 inch slices, return slices to cookie sheet.
• Bake for an additional 18-20 minutes.

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease & flour a large cookie sheet.
• In large bowl, break up cookie dough.
• Sprinkle vanilla & rum extract over dough & mix well.
• Stir toasted almonds into dough.
• Divide dough into 4 equal portions, shaping each into an 8"x1" log.
• Place logs 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet, then flatten each to about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, then cool for 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F.
• With serrated knife, cut each log into 10 slices, then place slices, cut side down on the same cookie sheet.
• Return to oven & bake another 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on how crisp you want the biscotti to be.
• Remove from cookie sheet & cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place chocolate chips in small microwavable bowl & microwave on high for 1 minute.
• Stir, then microwave an additional minute, stirring every 15 seconds.
• When chips are melted, dip about 1/4 of one end of each biscotti into melted chocolate, then set each on a waxed-paper-covered cookie sheet.
• Refrigerate at least 10 minutes to set the chocolate before storing in an airtight container.