I've always considered Biscotti to be a sophisticated, almost stuck-up, grown up cookie. A cookie to nibble at, accompanied by equally stuck-up, fancy-sounding coffee. Ooopsss.. I did not offend anyone, now did I? (ah, well...who reads this blog anyway :).
I seem to be having the cookie itch these days - I go about all day thinking about baking them!! And so Chocolate Biscotti (pg 144) was what caught my fancy tonight as I was flipping through Dorie Greenspan's Baking from my home to yours.
I wanted a quick-to-go recipe, one which did not require me to refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours before baking them. This fits the bill - and I had all the ingredients like chopped almonds and chocolate chips ready at home.
It was pretty fun making these - especially making two huge fat logs from the dough, baking them for 20 minutes, cutting them into slices and then baking them again for another 10 minutes. By the way, Biscotti means twice-baked!
Boy, do they smell so good baking in the oven!! While my kids dunked their Biscotti in milk (how un-sophisticated is that!!), I dunked my chocolatey sticks in my favourite local coffee, Kopi Cap Hang Tuah. Just a piece or two with your fav beverage makes a complete breakfast, tea-time enjoyment, or any-time treat in my opinion.
That has got to be the prettiest twiced baked biscuit :) ; perfect with hot chocolate for me :)
ReplyDeletesalam tina..bila nampak chocolate biscotti ni terasa nak cuba lah..kopi tu..hmmm harumnya.Thanks for the recipe:)
ReplyDeleteaik...mana resepinya tina?nampak sangat sedap:)
ReplyDeletesalam cik manggis...
ReplyDeletesorry tak letak resipi sebab saya ni macam takut je nak letak resipi dari book authors without written permission... i mean, depa actually came up with a whole book with blood, sweat and tears kan... TAPI...most of these recipes are easily searchable online.. just google: 'dorie greenspan chocolate biscotti' and you will find the recipe there!! :)
ooo ok thank you Tina:)
ReplyDeleteHi Tina, oh my goodness, that looks SO chocolatey. I really have to get that book, I tried the Banana Bundt Cake a couple of times, very impressed. Btw, I think your blog the very the sophisticated one ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Shaz... GET THE BOOK!! you won't regret it!! definitely a book you'd want to hand down to your girls one day :) and oh... thanks for the compliment on the blog.. saya budak baru belajar :D
ReplyDeleteBiscotti is one of those things I've been meaning to make but never do. And you've just convinced me to finally try it out!
ReplyDeleteGrapefruit: I actually wanted to try the Almond Biscotti..was just itching to bake a biscotti that night, alas I did not have ground almonds and had to resort to the chocolate one. It did not dissapoint me, though!! :)
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