For those of you who are new to reading my blog, I absolutely love Biscotti – love them!  They are one of my favorite cookies and they make me very happy. There is just something about being alone and enjoying a coffee and biscotti with your own thoughts.

I woke up very early on Saturday morning to the pounding rain against my bedroom window, which was bad enough, but I also live next door to a hair salon and I swear they go in early on a Saturday morning just to gossip… really really loudly, or they do it just to annoy me, one or the other!  There was absolutely no hope of getting back to sleep.

I got up and made a French Press of smooth, strong and just slightly bitter coffee – all the things I look for in a good cup of coffee.

The rain was being relentless so I decided to catch up on my DVR saved shows and enjoy a biscotti and another cup of coffee.  Sadly, no biscottis left :(.  I usually buy the 100 calorie ones and enjoy a low calorie treat on a Saturday morning.  There was nothing else to do except make my own, only mine are not 100 calories.  I actually don’t even want to guess on the calorie count, I only know they are delicious!

Print Recipe

Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Ingredients

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ tablespoon almond extract
  • ½ tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • ½ cup of chopped almonds
  • ½ cup of chocolate drops - melted

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and grease a large baking sheet.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat together the oil, eggs, sugar and almond and vanilla extract until well blended. I love the smell of Almonds.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder and almonds together and slowly stir into the egg mixture to form a heavy dough.
  • Divide dough into two pieces. Form each piece into a roll as long as your baking sheet. Place roll onto the prepared baking sheet, and press down to about 1/2 inch thickness.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. They smell so good when baking. Remove from the baking sheet to cool.
  • When the biscottis are cool enough to handle, slice each one crosswise into one inch slices.
  • Place the slices on their sides back onto the baking sheet. Bake for an additional 6 to 10 minutes on each side.
  • Remove from baking sheet and allow biscottis to cool fully.
  • Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds. Spread a small amount on top of each biscotti. Allow chocolate to harden.

Notes

Enjoy curled up on your sofa or big comfy chair with a cup of coffee and maybe Modern Family, CSI, Revenge, Person of Interest and any other show you may have DVR'd!
These were so good I could hardly wait for the chocolate to cool down!
Adapted from allrecipes.com