Chocolate Almond Biscotti

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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
3 dozen
Serves:
36
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Toast almonds on baking sheet until golden – start checking after 8 minutes to avoid burning. When you can smell the nuts, they are generally ready.
  • Reduce oven to 300°F.
  • In a food processor or blender, chop chocolate chips with up to 1/2 C flour to make chocolate crumbs. (The addition of flour prevents the chocolate from becoming a big chocolate blob.).
  • Beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla until well combined.
  • Sift together the remaining flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Combine flour mixture with egg mixture, then stir in the chocolate crumbs and toasted almonds.
  • Using a spatula and floured hands, shape dough into long skinny loaves – either 3 12-inch loaves or 2 16- to 18-inch loaves onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Make sure to leave 2.5 inches between loaves.
  • Bake for 45 minutes on the lower rack. Remove from oven and cool on the pan.
  • Carefully peel loaves from parchment. Slice on a diagonal (45° angle) into 1/2 inch slices.
  • Bake again at 300°F for another 20-25 minutes. The easiest way to bake is to place sliced biscotti directly on the oven rack. Alternatively, you can place biscotti on two baking sheets. After 5-6 minutes, rotate the pans from top to bottom and front to back. After another 5-6 minutes, flip all the biscotti over. Then, after another 5-6 minutes, rotate pans again.
  • Cool biscotti completely on racks. Biscotti may be stored in an airtight tin for several weeks at room temperature.

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Reviews

  1. Made this recipe pretty much as given, but when it came to the 2nd-time baking after I'd sliced the loaves, I just stood them up, each slice separated, & baked them for about 12-13 minutes & left it at that ~ Since I don't usually use them for dunking & don't mind at all that they are not quite too dry & crisp! Wonderfully tasting, though, & the recipe is a real keeper! [Made & reviewed in New Kids on the Block tag]
     
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