Chocolate-Hazelnut Biscotti

  • Prep 1 hr 15 min
  • Total 1 hr 40 min
  • Servings 36

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 2/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cup hazelnuts (filberts), toasted, chopped*
  • 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 oz. vanilla candy coating or almond bark, chopped

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. In large bowl, combine sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; blend well. Add flour, cocoa and baking powder; mix well. Stir in toasted hazelnuts and chocolate chips.
  • 2
    Divide dough in half; shape each into 10-inch log. Place logs 5 inches apart on greased cookie sheet; flatten each until 3 inches wide.
  • 3
    Bake at 350°F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until firm when touched in center. Cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes. With serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch slices. Arrange slices, cut side down, on same cookie sheet.
  • 4
    Return to oven; bake 10 minutes. Turn slices over; bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until cut sides are lightly browned and crisp. Remove from cookie sheet; place on wire rack. Cool 10 minutes or until completely cooled.
  • 5
    Place candy coating in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 45 seconds, stirring once, or until melted and smooth. If necessary, microwave an additional 20 seconds. Drizzle over biscotti.

  • *To toast hazelnuts, spread on cookie sheet; bake at 350°F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. To remove skins, roll warm nuts in clean kitchen towel.
  • Toasting hazelnuts loosens their peels; simply brush the peels away and discard.
  • Dutch process cocoa has been treated with alkali to reduce cocoa's natural acidity. Dutch-process cocoa is darker and more richly flavored than regular cocoa. Biscotti prepared with regular cocoa won't look or taste as chocolaty as those prepared with Dutch-process cocoa.
  • For elegant biscotti, drizzle with 3 ounces each of melted white and chocolate candy coating.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Biscotti
Calories
125
Calories from Fat
55
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Cholesterol
25mg
8%
Sodium
50mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
16g
5%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
8g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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