Chocolate Dipped Citrus Biscotti
"This is Giada De Laurentis' recipe from the Food Network and goes great with your morning coffee. If you can't find fine ground cornmeal, process what you have in a food processor or blender. The prep time is approximate."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
3 dozen cookies
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 cup fine ground yellow cornmeal
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 3⁄4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Stir the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugar in another large bowl until pale yellow and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add the orange and lemon zests to the dry ingredients.
- Add the flour mixture to the eggs and sugar and beat just until blended (the dough will be soft and sticky). Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Using a rubber spatula, transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet, forming two mounds spaced evenly apart.
- Moisten your hands with water and shape the dough into two 11 by 4-inch logs.
- Bake until lightly brown, about 35 minutes. Cool the logs for 5 minutes.
- Using a serrated knife, cut the logs crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices. Arrange the biscotti cut side down on the same baking sheet.
- Bake until the biscotti are pale and golden, about 25 minutes. Cool the biscotti on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Using a metal spatula, transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool completely.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 20 seconds, about 1 1/2 minutes total.
- Dip 1 cut side of each biscotti into the melted chocolate. Gently shake off the excess chocolate. Place the biscotti, chocolate side up, on the baking sheet.
- Refrigerate until the chocolate is firm, about 35 minutes. Dip a pastry brush in the cocoa, then lightly brush the cocoa over the chocolate on each biscotti.
- The biscotti can be made ahead. Store them in an airtight container up to 4 days, or wrap them in foil and freeze in resealable plastic bags up to 3 weeks.
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I'm a mother of one and a web developer by trade and I love to bake and cook whenever I can squeeze out a few hours of free time. I'm lucky to have a husband who's a real "meat and potatoes" man and is easy to please (plus he cooks too) and a son with an insatiable sweet tooth.
At our house, traditional comfort food is common during the colder months with grilling our main choice in summer. Sprinkled throughout is a passion for East Asian and Italian dishes, depending on the mood.
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