Once upon time, many moons ago, I took my husband on a little weekend get away. I told him to pack a bag and we were going away for the weekend. I didn’t tell him where we were going. It was a surprise! During the afternoon tea time, I was looking through some cookbooks they had from the Inn. They were also serving this chocolate chip biscotti. I wanted to buy the cookbook with this recipe in it,but couldn’t find it. So I asked the gal if there was one and she said unfortunately, “no.” But she was kind enough to offer me the recipe and said she would copy it down and bring it to my room. After dinner that night, when we went back to our room, there was the recipe taped to my door. I have treasured it ever since.
For many years, I would bake these, package them in a cellophane bag, and make a nice topper for the top. Usually, I would give it out on Valentines day or make them for a Christmas present. Everyone was thrilled when they received their biscotti. This is a well tried and true recipe!!!
It produces a very soft dough.
And it spreads alot during baking.
Let it cool before slicing to get pretty cuts. Other wise the chocolate smears.
I should of waited longer but I’m sort of impatient. Not bad though!
In the box and ready to be sent.
I made a container of Chocolate Hazelnut and a container of Chocolate Chip biscotti. You ll notice I didn’t have enough to fill the container with chocolate chip all the way up because I had two big rats little mice that kept nibbling away.
So now that I have share my “secret” tried and true biscotti recipe, I do hope you’ll give it a try. And let me know what you think.
Biscotti
courtesy of The Lost Whale
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons vanilla
2 Tablespoons water
6 eggs
1 Tablespoon baking powder
51/2 cups flour
2 cups chocolate chips, or nuts, or whatever you want!
Cream butter and sugar, add vanilla and water. Add eggs.
Mix in flour and baking powder. stir in chips.
Shape dough into 2 loaves about 4 inches in diameter. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes
Cool. Cut on the diagonal into 1 inch slices.
Bake again at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
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Thanks Megan!! We will try yours too!
I have only had biscotti that was hard and crunchy, this sounds wonderful!
Thanks for stopping by!! That is some great looking Biscotti, I love making Biscotti, will have to try that recipe out, add it to the holiday stuff hehe.
These look really good. You make it look so easy too.
I have been wanting to make biscotti for a while, my to-bake list is just waaaaay to big.
Your biscotti looks wonderful!
Oh I can’t wait to try these. When I was in college the on campus deli sold the most delicious chocolate chip biscotti, and I always went out of my way to get one. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
This biscotti sounds fantastic! This will definitly be one that I make!
I have never made biscotti before, but when I do, I’m going to make these recipes. YUM.
Thank you Megan!! I'll be exited to try these, they look scrumptious and I love the story behind them!
What a wonderful wife to take your husband to a weekend B&B like that. Gorgeous Inn! I checked out the site! WOW…my husband would love it if I could take off and surprise him with a weekend like this!
I love the Redwoods!
Hugs to you!!
Oops!! I just noticed I am on my older daughters google account.
It’s Laurie, “Dalla Mia Cucina”!! hehe
This looks great! And easier on the tooth than biscotti sometimes are!
looks like a great recipe. thanks for sharing. i watched giada make biscotti a few days ago on the food network and had no idea that they were baked twice.
I’ve only made biscotti once and it was a Weight Watchers recipe. I’m not sure that counts, but this looks really yummy. I might need to make some as gifts over the holidays. Thanks for the great idea and also for leaving me such a nice comment.
Homemade biscotti is fantastic, yours looks wonderful! And I always appreciate a tried and true recipe. Thanks for posting.
What happened to your eclairs?
So what makes this biscotti recipe stand out from the others? I have never made biscotti, so I’m just curious (and I’m Italian, what’s up with that? haha). I’ll make sure to try your recipe first before I try other recipes so at least I know I’ll have one successful batch haha
BTW I found a recipe for jalapeno jelly. I know you made a post about loving it, so I’d thought I would share. I haven’t tried it, but there are some good reviews on it http://www.recipezaar.com/312033
Mmm, those look fantastic I shall have to try biscotti soon, I absolutely love it with Chai tea!