Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Biscotti Food

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• For the banana bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the cake mix, oil, mashed bananas, eggs and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl and mix with a hand mixer or whisk until well blended, about 2 minutes. Fold in the peanut butter chips. Evenly divide the batter between the 2 prepared loaf pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool on a cooling rack.
• For the peanut butter glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and 3 tablespoons of the warm milk in a bowl and whisk until smooth. It should be about as thick as pancake batter; if it's too thick, just add a little more milk.
• Pour some of the glaze over each loaf and let set for about 10 minutes. Slice and serve.

BANANA-CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease large cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray, or line with cooking parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
• In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Beat in banana, vanilla and eggs until smooth. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Divide dough in half. On cookie sheet, shape each half into 10x3-inch rectangle with greased hands (dough will be sticky).
• Bake about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cookie sheet 15 minutes; move to cutting board. Using sharp knife, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices.
• Place slices, cut sides down, on cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown and dry on top. Turn cookies. Bake about 10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack.

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Position racks evenly in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Melt the butter over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally. Continue to cook until the butter browns and gets a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Beat the eggs in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and pale yellow, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the sugar while beating. Then slowly add the butter and vanilla until evenly mixed, about 30 seconds more. Add the peanut butter and mix until combined.
• While mixing slowly, add the dry ingredients to the wet, in 2 additions, mixing just until absorbed. Fold in the peanuts and chocolate pieces.
• Divide the dough evenly into thirds, and put each portion in the center of a baking sheet. Shape the dough with slightly wet hands into logs about 2-inches wide and 15 inches long. Bake until set and brown around the edges, about 25 to 30 minutes. (For even baking take care to rotate the pans-- top to bottom and front to back--about half way though.) Cool logs on the baking sheets for about 10 minutes.
• Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Carefully transfer the logs to a cutting board. Cut logs crosswise, with a long serrated knife at about a 45 degree angle, into 1/2-inch thick cookies. Place cookies cut side down on the baking sheets. Bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Flip the cookies over and bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes more. Cool biscotti on the baking sheets. Serve.
• Store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS

Steps:

• Set 18 mini paper baking cups on a baking sheet. Melt 4 ounces of the chocolate either over a double boiler on the stove top or in short bursts in the microwave. Spoon 1 teaspoon of melted chocolate into each cup. Use an offset spatula or a small spoon to spread the chocolate slightly up the sides of each baking cup; make sure you have an even chocolate base at the bottom of each cup. Let cool at room temperature for about 15 to 20 minutes until mostly solid.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. (Make sure the peanut butter is well-combined in the jar before you measure it.) Transfer the peanut butter mixture to a resealable plastic bag and seal it tightly.
• Cut one corner of the plastic bag and pipe 2 to 3 teaspoons of peanut butter mixture into the center of each cup. With a very lightly moistened finger, tamp down the peanut butter and make it flat and even, but leave a bit of space between the peanut butter and the edge of the paper cup (you should be able to see a ring of chocolate peeking from below the peanut butter).
• Melt the remaining 5 ounces of chocolate. Spoon 1 teaspoon of chocolate onto the top of each cup. Use an offset spatula or a small spoon to spread the chocolate evenly over the top and down the sides of the cup. Refrigerate until solid, about 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray two 9x5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
• Combine bananas, cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl. Whisk until well blended, about 2 minutes. Gently fold in peanut butter chips. Divide batter evenly between the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Let bread cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove and finish cooling on a wire rack. Place a second cooling rack on top of a baking sheet.
• Slice loaves in half horizontally and then into 1-inch-thick pieces. Brush 1 side of each slice lightly with honey and place on the prepared cooling rack.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, about 40 minutes. Cool on the rack for at least 10 minutes; the biscotti will become crispier as they cool.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER GLOBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a few sheet pans with parchment paper.
• In a bowl set over simmering water, melt the butter, 6 ounces of the chocolate chips, and the unsweetened chocolate, stirring occasionally, until just melted. Remove from the heat and cool for 15 minutes.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs, espresso powder, and vanilla until combined. Add the sugar, raise the speed to medium-high, and beat for 2 minutes, until the batter is thick and falls back on itself in a ribbon. Set aside.
• With the mixer on low, slowly add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture. Combine the 1/3 cup of flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and fold it into the chocolate mixture with a rubber spatula. In another bowl, combine the walnuts, pecans, peanut butter chips, the remaining 6 ounces of chocolate chips, and the tablespoon of flour and fold it into the chocolate mixture. With 2 soup spoons, drop rounded mounds of batter 1 inch apart onto the prepared sheet pans. Bake for 15 minutes exactly. Cool on the baking sheets.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SQUARES

Steps:

• Melt 1 cup butter or margarine over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and graham cracker crumbs. Spread mixture in a jelly roll pan. Pat down evenly.
• To Make Topping: Melt together 1/2 cup butter or margarine with 1 cup chocolate chips. Spread this mixture over peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate 1/2 hour. Cut into squares.

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Position racks evenly in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Melt the butter over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally. Continue to cook until the butter browns and gets a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
• Beat the eggs in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and pale yellow, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the sugar while beating. Then slowly add the butter and vanilla until evenly mixed, about 30 seconds more. Add the peanut butter and mix until combined.
• While mixing slowly, add the dry ingredients to the wet, in 2 additions, mixing just until absorbed. Fold in the peanuts and chocolate pieces.
• Divide the dough evenly into thirds and put each portion in the center of a baking sheet. Shape the dough with slightly wet hands into logs about 2-inches wide and 15 inches long. Bake until set and brown around the edges, 25 to 30 minutes. (For even baking take care to rotate the pans--top to bottom and front to back--about half way though.) Cool logs on the baking sheets for about 10 minutes.
• Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Carefully transfer the logs to a cutting board. Cut logs crosswise, with a long serrated knife at about a 45 degree angle, into 1/2-inch thick cookies. Place cookies cut side down on the baking sheets. Bake until crisp, about 8 minutes. Flip the cookies over and bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes more. Cool biscotti on the baking sheets.

PEANUT BUTTER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, lightly beat together the eggs, peanut butter and water; Add flour mixture to egg mixture and mix just until ingredients are incorporated, add a little more water, a teaspoon at a time, can be added if mixture is to dry to make a smooth dough: Stir in peanuts.
• Divide the dough into two portions, and form each into a log approximately 3 inches in diameter. Place the logs on the cookie sheet about 3 to 4 inches apart and flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand.
• Bake in preheated oven until light brown, about 40 minutes, take out of oven; turn oven down to 300°F; let logs cool for 10 minutes, then cut at angle into 3/4-inch thick slices; Place slices, cut side down on cookie sheet and bake until crisp, about 20 minutes, enjoy.

PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Mix peanut butter and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until blended. Add flour; mix well. Stir in chocolate.
• Place dough on lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape each half into 9-inch-long roll. Place rolls, 3 inches apart, on baking sheet; flatten rolls slightly to about 2 inches wide.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool on baking sheet 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 325°F. Remove rolls to cutting board. Cut each roll diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices, using serrated knife. Place on baking sheets. Bake 10 min. Turn over; bake 10 min. or until dry and crisp. Cool on wire racks.

AMAZING PEANUT BUTTER CUP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix the milk and vanilla extract together in a small bowl; set aside.
• Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.
• Beat the peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the peanut butter mixture before adding the next.
• Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated.
• Fold in the peanut butter chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
• Roll each section into a 4x5-inch rectangle about 1/2-inch thick.
• Transfer the dough pieces onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm to the touch, about 25 minutes.
• Place biscotti loaves on wire racks to cool.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Cut each loaf into 1/2-inch slices.
• Return the slices to the baking sheets with the cut sides up.
• Bake in the oven until biscotti are dry, about 10 minutes on each side.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted and smooth, 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave).
• Dip the cooled biscotti into the melted chocolate. Set the biscotti onto parchment paper, and allow to set, about 20 minutes.