Triple Nut Biscotti Food

TRIPLE NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• On a plain cookie sheet place the nuts (break up the walnuts into smaller pieces) in a single layer and roast for 5-8 minutes. Remove from pan and place in a small bowl, let cool.
• In a large bowl beat 2 eggs and the sugar for 1 minute, then add the flour, salt, baking powder, honey, vanilla and zest, with the dough hook attachment mix the dough, when almost combined stir in the nuts.
• Move the dough to a lightly floured flat surface and gently knead into a soft dough.
• Divide into 3 parts and form into 3 logs. Approximately 8-10 inches (20-25cm) long, place on prepared cookie sheet and brush with beaten egg, bake for approximately 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cut each log into 1/4 inch slices on the diagonal, place cut side up on the cookie sheet and bake again for approximately 5-10 minutes or until dry. Let cool completely before serving. Enjoy!

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE ALMOND BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the butter with 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 20-second increments, stirring until smooth and melted. Set aside to cool.
• Place the eggs, sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla and instant coffee in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on medium speed until pale and thickened, about 4 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the flour and cocoa in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Stop the mixer and add the warm melted chocolate and butter. Mix on medium speed until smooth and combined. Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until combined. With the mixer running on low speed, mix in the almonds and another 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips until combined.
• Dip your hands in cold water to make the dough easier to handle. Divide and shape the dough into two logs; then flatten each to 12 inches long, 2 inches wide and 1 inch tall. Place the logs on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until the logs are firm to the touch and sound hollow when tapped, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven but keep the oven on. Let the logs cool on the baking sheet for 20 minutes, then remove to a cutting board and slice crosswise with a serrated knife 3/4 inch thick. You should have about 24 biscotti.
• Return the biscotti to the parchment-lined baking sheet, standing each up (with its longest skinny side down). Bake until the centers feel firm, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet, then lay the biscotti on their sides.
• Microwave the remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 15- to 20-second increments, stirring until smooth and melted. Transfer to a pastry bag (or heavy-duty sandwich bag and snip off a tiny tip); drizzle the chocolate over the cooled biscotti. Enjoy immediately or let set before serving or storing. You can store the biscotti in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

TRIPLE GINGERS LOVERS' BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Place almonds in a shallow pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes,or until golden brown; let cool, chop nuts.
• In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy(I use my mixer); Beat in molasses and the eggs.
• In a nother bowl combine flour, ground ginger, baking powder, salt: ADD to creamed mixture, mixing until blended.
• Stir in fresh ginger and crystallized ginger; fold in nuts.
• Divide dough in half; place on ungreased baking sheet and form into two logs about 1/2 inch thick, 1 1/2 inch wide and 14 inched long.spacing them at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the middle of a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Transfer from baking sheet to a rack;let cool 5 minutes; place on a cutting board, with a sharp serratrd knife slice diagonally at a 45 degree angle about 1/2 inch thick.
• Lay the slices flat on the baking sheet and return to oven for 10 minutes, turning over once to dry slightly: let cool on rack and store in tightly covered container.

TRIPLE THREAT GINGER NUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, salt and pepper. Sift onto a piece of wax paper. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar at medium speed, about 1 minute, or until well-blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides as necessary.
• Add the fresh ginger and vanilla extract. At low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just until blended.
• Stir in the uncrystallized ginger and nuts and mix until combined.
• Scrape the dough out onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Moisten your hands with water and shape the dough into a 12-inch log with inch-high sides.
• Round the ends or taper them as best as you can.
• Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 35 minutes or until the log is starting to brown.
• Remove the sheet from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.
• Loosen the log from the parchment onto a chopping board. With a serrated (bread) knife, cut the log on the diagonal, making each piece about an inch thick.
• Arrange the slices cut side down on the same parchment-lined baking sheet, about ½-inch apart from one another.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the biscotti are dry and beginning to color around the edges.
• Let cool 5 minutes on the sheet and then transfer to a wire rack.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE ALMOND BISCOTTI

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 325º F & grease your baking sheet.
• MICROWAVE 2/3 cup morsels in uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 10 to 15 seconds; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape; if necessary, microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted.
• COMBINE flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy; add eggs and almond extract; beat until combined.
• Stir in melted chocolate; gradually stir in flour mixture then stir in slivered almonds and 1/2 cup morsels.
• SHAPE dough with floured hands on prepared baking sheet into 12 x 3-inch log; round top.
• BAKE for 40 minutes or until slightly firm to the touch and cracked on top; cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes.
• Slide log onto cutting board and cut into 18 even slices then return to baking sheet cut side down.
• Bake for additional 10 to 15 minutes or until firm. then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• Place remaining chocolate morsels in small, heavy-duty plastic bag and microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 30 to 45 seconds; knead.
• Cut a tiny corner from bag and drizzle over cooled biscotti.
• Let stand until drizzle is set and store in airtight container at room temperature.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Line large baking sheet with double thickness of foil.
• Sift in salt, baking powder, cocoa and flour into a large bowl to blend.
• Beat in eggs one at a time and then vanilla.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Stir in chocolate and white chocolate chips by hand.
• Heap dough into two long strips.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Bake at 350° for about 25 minutes (until tops are cracked).
• Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 300°.
• Using foil as an aide, lift logs onto work surface.
• Cut logs into 3/4 in pieces; arrange half of slices (cut side down) on each prepare baking sheet.
• Bake biscotti until just dry to touch (about 8 minutes).
• Turn biscotti and bake again for another 8 minutes.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325°F.
• Toast the hazelnuts on baking sheet for 10 to 15 minutes, until they emit a nutty aroma but haven't turned dark brown inside.
• If they still have skins, cover the nuts with a dishtowel or paper towels for a few minutes after you take them out of the oven and then rub the nuts with the towel to remove the skins.
• Set aside to cool.
• Put the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, sugar, and coffee into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle.
• Combine these ingredients on a medium-low speed and then toss in the nuts and chocolate chips.
• In a separate bowl, lightly whisk together the eggs and vanilla extract.
• With the mixer running on low speed, slowly add the egg mixture to the mixing bowl until the dough comes together.
• Remove the bowl from the mixer and mix in any remaining dry ingredients from the bottom by hand.
• Divide the dough into four equal parts.
• With floured hands, roll each part into a log about 10 inches long and 2 inches in diameter.
• Place the logs 4 inches apart on greased or parchment lined baking sheets.
• Bake the logs at 325°F for 30 to 35 minutes, until the sides are firm, the tops are cracked and the dough inside no longer looks wet.
• Remove the baking sheets from the oven and reduce the temperature to 300°F.
• Let the logs cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes before slicing the logs on a slight diagonal into 3/4 inch slices.
• Place the biscotti flat on the baking sheet and dry them in the oven for about 25 minutes, until the biscotti offer resistance when pressed.
• Transfer the biscotti to a rack to cool.
• While the biscotti are cooling, chop the white chocolate and melt in a microwave on low power or in a double boiler.
• With a knife, spread white chocolate on one cut side of each cooked biscotti.
• Put the biscotti, white-chocolate side down, on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Allow the chocolate to harden.
• Peel the biscotti from the parchment and store in an airtight container.