Chocolate Biscotti
Biscotti is also known as twice baked cookies. These are studded with candied fruits and nuts and chocolate flavored perfect for Christmas or holidays . You can't stop at one. Keep your dunking game strong.
Servings: 2 dozen
Ingredients
- ½ cup oil
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or almond extract
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup nuts toasted and roughly chopped
- ½ cup candied fruits roughly chopped optional I love orange peel with chocolate flavor
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips or dried fruit like cherries or cranberries
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or silicone mat.
- Take oil in a mixing bowl attached to stand mixer. Whisk oil with sugar until it is mixed for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time and whisk well until mixture is smooth. Add in the flavorings like orange zest, vanilla extract or almond extract etc. Add in the dry ingredients flour, almond meal, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder and mix until just combined. Stir in the chopped nuts and candied fruits, cherries with the help of spatula.
- Mix well and divide them equally. On a lightly floured surface or parchment lined baking tray, divide the dough into 2 equal portions in a log shape.
- The log should be shaped in the length of your baking sheet about 2 inches in diameter. You can use two separate baking sheets or one big one. logs won't spread a lot but they do slightly spread. But if you decide to use one sheet make sure to leave about 2-inch space between two logs.
- Bake for about 25 minutes until the logs look slightly browned on top. Remove them from oven. Let them cool down on wire rack for 7-10 minutes. Very important to let them cool down.
- Gently transfer the logs to cutting board, cut them diagonally into slices about 2 inches wide and 2 inches thick. Transfer the slices, place cut side down on the baking sheet and bake again for 10-15 minutes until the edges look lightly brown. Let the cookies cool down on a wire cooling rack.
- Once they are completely cool, you can place them in air-tight container. Serve them with latte or vin santo!
Notes
Use toasted nuts, if you do not have any toasted nuts, lightly toast them in preheated oven for 3 minutes.
You can use any kind of nuts almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, etc.
You can use any type of dried fruits sour cherries, blueberries, cranberries, raisins etc.
You can also dip or drizzle melted chocolate on the baked biscotti for extra chocolate.
You can use any kind of nuts almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, etc.
You can use any type of dried fruits sour cherries, blueberries, cranberries, raisins etc.
You can also dip or drizzle melted chocolate on the baked biscotti for extra chocolate.