How To Make Biscotti

This recipe for Biscotti is insanely delicious. Simple to make, these Italian butter cookies are twice-baked to perfection.

I seriously just love this recipe! I still remember the day my friend Jamie gave me biscotti after I had Cannon {baby #5}. It was the most insanely delicious biscotti I had ever tasted.

Best. Gift. Ever! While I typically make biscotti during the holiday season, you can really make it all year long.

This recipe is so easy, that you will be able to memorize it just after a few times of making it.

For about 5 years before my blogging days, I sold Christmas or Holiday baskets to businesses to give to their clients. The first year I had an order of 60 that included my Best Ever Coffee Cake recipe, a bundle of this biscotti and White Chocolate Cinnamon Kettle Corn.

The following year, I had an order of 80, and year after year, it grew and grew. It got to the point I couldn’t keep up and just had to quit offering these foodie baskets up.

What goes well with biscotti?

Pairing biscotti with coffees, teas, and ice wines, hot chocolate, really this hard-like cookie will soften when paired with a beverage.

I also love to pair truffles as well for a great gift.

What is biscotti?

Biscotti are Italian almond biscuits that originated in the Italian city of Prato. Traditionally, they are baked twice and in an oblong shape, resulting in a dry, crunchy cookie that is usually dipped in a drink like coffee or tea.

Biscotti is classified as a cookie, and even though I am typically not a fan of crisp, crunchy cookies, these are amazing.

You can easily double the recipe. I do this almost all of the time anyway because this biscotti recipe freezes well.

How to make biscotti?

Don’t fret; it is so much easier than it looks. Trust me, friends – if you can shape a meatloaf, you can make biscotti.

Biscotti can really even be customized to your taste. Utilizing different extras, toppings, and add-ins, you can make each batch a little bit different from the others. In our family, we love to add lemon, lime or orange zest, even though almond extract is our favorite. And don’t forget about dipping these babies in chocolate. It will make your heart swoon.

This recipe follows the traditional recipe of twice-baked, but it isn’t hard and really takes just as much time as it does a batch of cookies.

To start this recipe, you’ll want to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Then sift or stir together the flour, salt, and baking powder 3 times.

In a standing mixer or with an electric hand mixer, beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Then add in the eggs one at a time. Last, stir in the flavoring – in this case, almond or vanilla, and beat again.

Combine the flour mixture with the sugar mixture and divide the dough in half. Roll each half into a log-shaped like meatloaf & press down slightly – you should have to rolls.

TIP: If the mixture is too soft, refrigerate for 30 minutes or add more flour.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes and allow to cool. Slice the logs on the diagonal, lay flat on the cookie sheet and bake at 250 for an additional 15-20 minutes or until they are lightly browned. This holiday season, give gifts that make a statement and portray how much you love and appreciate those around you.

Check out some of my other biscotti recipes that we are obsessed with:

• Almond Citrus Biscotti
• Red Velvet Biscotti
• Italian Almond Biscotti.

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