Ginger Chocolate Chip Biscotti Food

CHOCOLATE-CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. With a pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in the butter or margarine until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon beaten eggs into a cup; reserve. Add chocolate chips, walnuts, vanilla, and remaining beaten eggs to flour mixture; stir until evenly moistened. With hand, knead mixture a few times in bowl until dough forms.
• On floured surface, with floured hands, divide dough into quarters. Shape each quarter into a 9" by 2" log. Place logs crosswise, 4 inches apart, on 2 large cookie sheets. With a pastry brush, brush tops and sides of logs with reserved egg. Bake logs 25 minutes. Cool logs on cookie sheets on wire rack 10 minutes.
• Place 1 log on cutting board. With serrated knife, cut warm log crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices. Place slices upright, 1/4-inch apart, on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining logs. Bake slices 15 minutes to allow biscotti to dry out. Cool completely on sheets on wire racks. (Biscotti will harden as they cool.) Store biscotti in tightly covered container.

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Position a rack in the top third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together the flour, sugars, espresso powder, baking soda, anise seed, salt and chocolate chunks in a large bowl. Add the beaten eggs and stir with a wooden spoon until the dough starts to come together (it will be fairly dry before you knead it). Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough, squeezing it and pressing it against the surface, until you can form it into a ball, 15 to 20 times. Shape the dough into a flat log about 16 inches long and 2 inches wide. Cut the log in half crosswise. Brush the tops with a little bit of water and sprinkle the top and sides with some turbinado sugar.
• Place the logs side by side on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the logs to a cutting board and cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 1/2-inch slices. Place the cookies cut-side up on a baking sheet and bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Turn the cookies over and bake until golden on the other side, 8 to 10 more minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. The centers will be slightly soft at first, but will crisp up as they cool.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a food processor, combine sugar, flour, baking powder and salt, process for a few seconds.
• Add butter and vanilla, process until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Add chocolate chips and eggs and pulse until dough is evenly moistened.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces, press onto pans as logs.
• Bake for 25 minutes, then remove from oven and cut into diagonal 1" slices.
• Turn slices on sides and return to oven for 5-10 minutes.
• Let cool.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/2 cups sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. , Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in apricots and chocolate chips. , Divide dough in half. On ungreased baking sheets, shape each portion into a 12-in. x 2-1/2-in. rectangle. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes or until firm. Cool for 5 minutes. , Transfer to a cutting board; cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 1/2-in. slices. Place cut side down on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. , Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Cream the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a second medium bowl using a hand mixer on high speed, about 3 minutes. Add one egg at a time, making sure to mix well before each addition. Add the vanilla and almond meal and mix.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and beat until combined. The dough will be thick and sticky. Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly-floured surface; divide in half. Using floured hands, shape each piece of dough into a log about 10-inches long. Brush off excess flour; transfer the logs to the prepared baking sheet, spaced 5 inches apart. Flatten each log into a 2-inch-wide strip. Bake until browned and set, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack; let cool for 10 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.
• Transfer the biscotti to a work surface. Using a serrated knife, cut each strip diagonally into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Arrange the slices cut-side down on baking sheets. Bake the biscotti, rotating the baking sheets halfway through, until crisp, about 30 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to racks and let cool completely.
• Biscookies can be made 3 days ahead. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream the sugar and butter together in a stand-up mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time and continue to beat for a few more minutes. Add the vanilla.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt and add to the mixer. Combine well then stir in the chocolate chips.
• Shape the dough with lightly floured hands into a log, approximately 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. You may find it easier to divide the dough in half and form two shorter logs. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet flatten slightly and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool until you can handle it. Slice diagonally, into 1/2-inch slices and return to the baking sheet. Bake again until the cookies lightly brown, about ten minutes. Flip them over and brown another few minutes. Cool and enjoy with a cup of espresso!

CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Mix all dry ingredients, then add in the vanilla and the eggs. Mix until just combined, then add in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
• Divide the dough in half and form into two logs the length of your greased baking sheet. Flatten each slightly, being sure to leave room between the logs as they will spread a little in the oven.
• Bake for 1 hour, then remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
• Slice each loaf into 2 inch thick pieces, and arrange them on their sides on the baking sheet.
• Return to the oven for 10-30 minutes, depending on how dry you prefer your biscotti. (I leave mine in for the bare minimum because I don't like a totally crispy cookie).

NUTTY CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease & flour a large cookie sheet.
• In large bowl, break up cookie dough.
• Sprinkle vanilla & rum extract over dough & mix well.
• Stir toasted almonds into dough.
• Divide dough into 4 equal portions, shaping each into an 8"x1" log.
• Place logs 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet, then flatten each to about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, then cool for 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees F.
• With serrated knife, cut each log into 10 slices, then place slices, cut side down on the same cookie sheet.
• Return to oven & bake another 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on how crisp you want the biscotti to be.
• Remove from cookie sheet & cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place chocolate chips in small microwavable bowl & microwave on high for 1 minute.
• Stir, then microwave an additional minute, stirring every 15 seconds.
• When chips are melted, dip about 1/4 of one end of each biscotti into melted chocolate, then set each on a waxed-paper-covered cookie sheet.
• Refrigerate at least 10 minutes to set the chocolate before storing in an airtight container.