Recipe - Chocolate-Almond Biscotti

4 Extralarge eggs; room
temperature (I used "large"
eggs)
1 One fourth cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One half teaspoon Almond extract
2 cup Allpurpose flour; dipped
and leveled
1/3 cup Cocoa
1 cup Slivered almonds; (optional)
(I included in recipe)

Handson time: 15 minutes Baking time: 1 hour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease and flour two baking sheets.
Set aside. Combine eggs and sugar in mixer bowl and beat on high speed of
mixer for 10 minutes, scraping down bowl several times. (I used a hand
mixer). Beat in extracts. Meanwhile, sift flour and cocoa together (I did
this before starting the recipe, as I have a hand mixer). Reduce mixer
speed to lowest setting and gently fold flourcocoa mixture into eggsugar
mixture; then fold in almonds. Do not overmix. Spread half of batter on
each prepared pan to form a fat loaf shape about 15incheslong by5
1/2inches wide, rounded at the ends. (My batter looked thinner than I'd
anticipated, but seemed to "set up" some on the pan). Bake 25 minutes, or
until crusted and dull on top. With broad spatula, transfer loaves to rack
and cool 30 minutes. Then, with serrated knife, cut each loaf into 15
slices. Arrange slices in single layer on ungreased cookie sheets. Return
to oven and bake 7 to 10 minutes. Turn and bake another 7 to 10 minutes, or
until biscotti are crisp. (Watch carefully the ends can get burned). Cool
on rack to room temperature, then store in airtight container up to 3
weeks.

Per biscotti: 97 calories; 3 gm fat; 0.4 gm saturated fat; 32 mg
cholesterol; 11 mg sodium; 16 gm total carbohydrate; 3 gm protein; 0.6 gm
dietary fiber.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest by Elizabeth Post millefiore@FUSE.NET on Dec
28, 1997