Biscotti

Around Christmas, mia Zia Cindy baked up a batch of biscotti and I was in heaven. She shared this recipe with me and for Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be lovely to make a batch to share. It was quite a fun process!

First of all, make the dough ahead of time because it takes at least 2 1/2 hours in the fridge before baking. I made the dough the night before and baked them in the morning!

Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp of anise extract (can substitute almond, orange, or lemon extract)
• 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, softened

Mix these wet ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.

• 5 cups of flour
• 4 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 cup of almonds, chopped

In a larger bowl, sift all the dry ingredients through a mesh strainer, minus the almonds. Slow mix in the wet ingredients using your hands to form a ball of dough. Once incorporated, mix in the almonds. Wrap the dough tightly in plastic and stick in the fridge up to 5 days.

Preheat the oven to 350°. Once ready to bake, cup the dough in half and form into 2 loafs approximately 2″x 12″. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until they are done on a greased cookie sheet on the middle rack. Pull out and carefully slice diagonally about 1″ and rotate on their sides while they are still hot.

Bake for 10 minutes on bottom rack. Flip over and bake 5 minutes on a high rack to toast slightly. Set out to cool for 5 minutes before eating.

I drizzled chocolate along the sides but you can dip one end if you’d prefer that or simply leave them plain. Drink with your beverage of choice!

Please let me know if you end up making them and how they turned out for you! Saluti!