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Homemade Biscotti

Recently I've been really craving some biscotti.

You know, biscotti. The crunchy/hard cookie that is designed to be dunked in teas or coffees. 

So, I made some. And they were delicious. I just used pecans as a filling, but you can also add different types of chopped nuts, dried fruit, or mini chips to your liking.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup almond flour (or another cup of AP flour. Almond flour adds a crumbliness that I prefer.)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1  1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp extract flavor (I used imitation coconut. You could try almond, or vanilla, or whatever you like.)
• 1-1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (I used pecans), or 3/4 cup mini chips, or 1 cup chopped dried fruit (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Thoroughly combine all dry ingredients.

In a separate bowl, combine extract & eggs, whisk. 

Mix egg/extract with dry ingredients, stirring completely until you have a very stiff dough. 

Flour hands to prevent dough from sticking. Lightly flour dough.

Divide dough in half and shape 2 "logs" of equal size. Place logs on greased or parchment lined cookie sheet 4 inches apart.

Flatten the log lightly, but not too much! Bake for 20-25 min, until dough is firm to the touch.

Remove from oven.

Reduce oven heat to 325 degrees.  

 Place baked log on a cutting board and slice diagonally (1/2 inch wide pieces). Return slices to cookie sheet and bake 8-10 min. on each side or until light-golden brown. 

Store the biscotti in airtight container or cookie jar.

Now, these were great, but I felt like they needed more. So, I melted down some milk chocolate chips, and coated/drizzled each of them. Then about half of them, I covered the chocolate with pecans or coconut flakes. And here is the finished product: They were pretty fantastic, if I do say so myself.