Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup hazelnuts, chopped
• 1 egg , lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 lightly grease a flat baking sheet.
• 3 melt chocolate& butter in a heavy saucepan over very low heat; remove from heat& stir in vanilla, and let cool.
• 4 beat the eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until they are frothy; gradually add sugar and beat until thick and pale (about 5 minutes).
• 5 add the chocolate mixture, stirring until blended.
• 6 combine flour& baking powder; stir into chocolate mixture, then stir in nuts.
• 7 flour your hands and form the dough into a 13" log.
• 8 place the log onto the prepared baking sheet and brush with the egg .
• 9 bake 45 minutes, until firm to the touch; cool on a wire rack.
• 10 cut the log with a serrated knife crosswise into 24 half-inch slices, and place flat on an ungreased baking sheet.
• 11 bake again at 350 for 10 minutes, then turn and bake for another 10 minutes on the other side.
• 12 remove to a wire rack to cool.