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The Best Biscotti

The Best Biscotti
A couple of my favorite things are a perfect cup of coffee and homemade biscotti! I'm all about simple and delicious treats. This is my best biscotti recipe! 😁 If you are no longer enjoying the hard and tasteless biscotti in a plastic wrapper that you find at the store, you should make your own! This recipe might sound complicated but once you make it you will find it is quite simple. Brew yourself a perfect cup of coffee and enjoy it with your homemade biscotti! 
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter  (room temperature)
1 cup white sugar 
2 tsp pure vanilla extract or 2 tsp almond extract
3 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
  • Mix butter and sugar until blended. Add extract and eggs and beat until creamy and smooth (about a minute). You can use a hand mixer for this recipe.
  • Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined.
  • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. You need to use parchment paper because you will need to lift your biscotti off the baking sheet later. 
  • Divide dough in half and place each half on your parchment covered baking sheet. Spread the dough using a table knife so it looks like 2 logs on your pan - they will each be about 4 inches wide and 12 or 13 inches long. Run your knife (flat side) along the top of your dough so it is even across the top. If you don't have an extra large baking sheet, use 2 smaller sheets with one log on each. 
Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes or until they are slightly golden brown and firm when you touch the tops with your finger. 
  • Remove from the oven and carefully pick up 2 opposite corners of the parchment paper and place  the paper and biscotti logs on a cooling rack for 15 minutes. Reduce your oven temp to 300°F. 
  • After your logs have cooled, leave them on the parchment paper and carefully lift them and place them on a cutting board. Start slicing the logs using a serrated bread knife diagonally about 1/2-1 inch thick. I slice 22 pieces in total. When I cut the very ends off, one side will be rounded so I don't bake those a second time, those are for my taste testing purposes! 😀 
  • Gently, turn each piece over on its side, then place the cut side down on your baking sheet. 
  • Bake for 10 minutes at 300°F. 
  • Remove from the oven, turn each biscotti over and bake the other side for 10 minutes. 
  • Remove biscotti from the oven and let cool. Store in an air tight container. They also look cute in a large, covered glass jar. They will keep for about a week or freeze them up to 2 months.
For a touch of fancy, melt 1 cup of chocolate chips (white or milk chocolate) and dip the ends of the biscotti into the chocolate or a light drizzle is fun too. 




Love and peace,
Tammi


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