Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Makes 10 Biscotti or 20 Mini Biscotti

2 Cups Almonds, Sliced and or Slivered
3/4 Cup and 1 TBSP Sugar
1 TSP Baking Powder
1/2 TSP Salt
3 Eggs
1 TSP Vanilla Extract
2 C Flour
12 OZ Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1. Preheat over at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. On cookie sheet, spread out the almonds across the pan and bake for 10 minutes. At the 5 minute mark, flip the almonds. Then let it cool for 10 minutes.

 

3. In food processor, add 1/2 of the almonds with a tablespoon of the sugar and pulse until the almonds are finely ground, mix in the salt and baking powder.

3. In mixing bowl at medium-low speed, cream the sugar by adding an egg at a time, next add the vanilla extract. Once the wet ingredients are all mixed, add the almond mixture and sift the flour into the mixture.

4. When the dough is completely mix, take the bowl off the stand and fold in the remaining almonds.

5. On the cleaned off cookie sheet, cover it in parchment paper and spray oil on it. Next separate the dough in half, and make two 10"x2"x2" sheets of dough. Bake for 25 minutes.

6. Remove cookie sheet from oven, reduce the temperature to 325, and cut each dough lengthwise into 1/2" strips. It makes about 5 each if you want smaller versions cut in the center of all of the strips to make 10 in each of the two pieces of dough.

7. Bake for 20 more minutes until they are crispy.

8. While they are baking, making a double boiler over the stove by putting a metal bowl over boiling water in a pot. (Make sure the bottom bowl can touches the water, but it is not small enough where it is floating and water is splashing into the bowl.) Add half the bag of chips into the bowl and lower the heat to medium, mix the chips until it is all melted, then turn off the heat and add the remainder of the chips, and finally mix until all melted.

9. Once the chocolate is all melted, you can start to dip the bottom of the cookies into the chocolate, smooth the bottom of the chocolate so it does not drip, and then lay the cookies on the rack chocolate side up to dry. (To increase the drying process, you can put the rack in the freezer to dry the chocolate.)

10. Then it is ready to enjoy with hot coffee or tea.