Chocolate Almond Biscotti
- 34 cup sliced blanched almond
- 1 34 cups all-purpose flour (divided)
- 12 cup chocolate chips
- 12 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- 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 300F.
- 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.
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- 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 300F 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.
blanched almond, flour, chocolate chips, cocoa, baking soda, salt, eggs, sugar, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-almond-biscotti-412491 (may not work)