Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped fine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sliced almonds, lighty toasted

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 melt butter and chocolate in double boiler or microwave.
• 3 stir until smooth.
• 4 sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt.
• 5 in electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs on low speed.
• 6 add chocolate mixture, flour mixture and vanilla.
• 7 stir in nuts.
• 8 dough will be soft.
• 9 turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
• 10 form two 9" long by 3 ½" wide logs on baking sheet.
• 11 bake 30 minutes until dough sets.
• 12 cool 15 minutes.
• 13 reduce heat to 275.
• 14 slice dough diagonally into ½" pieces.
• 15 place cut side down on baking sheet.
• 16 bake 20 minutes.
• 17 turn over, bake 20 minutes.
• 18 cool on wire rack.