Chocolate Biscotti

dark chocolate is one of my favorite foods. dark chocolate. I have an affinity for the slightly bitter but yet so subtly sweet and rich dark chocolate morsels. I love the way the pieces break off with a satisfying snap. The way that the small corner of chocolate melts on your tongue, and the armoa and flavor of the chocolate as it fills your mouth... nothing that I bake will ever.... ever be able to capture the deliciousness of the 72% cocoa dark chocolate morsels that I consumed in between baking this delicious chocolatey treat.

Enter: Chocolate Biscotti modified from here

Ingredients:

6 TBS butter, softened
2/3 C white sugar
2 oz melted and cooled dark chocolate (I used Ghirardelli dark chocolate)
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 C all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chopped Ghirardelli dark chocolate

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 F
• Melt chocolate and let cool

Melty Chocolate mmmm

• Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy
  
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding vanilla and the cooled melted chocolate

Melty Remains

• Add flour and baking powder, add the chopped chocolate
• Chill dough for ~15 minutes.
• Divide dough into half and roll into a log and place on parchment paper, flattening the log before baking
• Bake 20 min and remove to wire rack to cool until the loaves can be handled
• Slice the loaves into 1/2-1 inch diagonal slices and bake on one side for 9 min. Turn slices over and bake again for ~9 min
• Devour. maybe save some for later in an airtight container.

Choco-scotti??

The fall is beautiful. i wish i had more time to enjoy the weather. my heart is a mess with the beauty around me.

Grass Gone to Seed

Sunset over the Prarie

til next time....