Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe

Try this easy Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe with a cup of coffee. They are easier to make than you may think. Here are the step by step, easy instructions.

If you like this biscotti recipe be sure to try cranberry almond biscotti and serve it with sous vide cold brew coffee.

What does biscotti mean?

Biscotti translates to 'twice baked' or 'twice cooked'. By baking the biscotti 'loaf' that is the first bake. After it is cooled, sliced and returned to the oven, that is the second bake. The idea is you are baking the extra moisture out of the biscotti. The almonds are going to to toast and the biscotti will become very crunchy.

Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti Ingredients:

• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• sugar
• unsalted butter, room temperature
• zest of an orange
• Juice from the orange
• salt
• eggs
• whole almonds
• dark chocolate chips
• Extra chocolate for melting
• Extra orange zest for garnish

Biscotti Instructions:

1. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Lumps are not wanted in this recipe.
2. In a mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar, softened butter, zest of one lemon and salt.
3. Beat the mixture until it is creamed together. (I let the mixer run on medium high for about 3 minutes.)
4. Add the eggs, one at a time.
5. Add the flour mixture to the butter and egg blend.
6. Just before the batter comes together, add the almonds and cranberries.
7. Do not over mix.

How to bake biscotti

1. Form the dough into a log about 10-inch long, 4-inch wide log on the prepared baking sheet.
2. I use a silpat mat but parchment paper works as well.
3. Bake at 350 until light golden, about 40 minutes.

How to slice biscotti for second baking

1. Cool at least 30 minutes. Completely cool is preferred.
2. Allow to cool so you can easily remove it from the pan.
3. The cooler it is the more success you will have with the next step.
4. Use a long serrated slicing knife and use a pressing/sawing motion to slice the biscotti widthwise into ½ to 1 inch slices.
5. If the first few slices fall apart you need to let the biscotti cool a bit longer.
6. Line the biscotti up on a metal cooling rack and place the cooling rack on a cookie sheet.
7. Back into the 350 degree oven they go for another 20-30 minutes. I say 20-30 minutes because it depends on how thick you have sliced your biscotti. The thicker they are, the longer they are going to continue to bake.

How to chocolate coat biscotti

1. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl in thirty second intervals until it is completely melted.
2. Either dip or spread the biscotti in the chocolate.
3. Before the chocolate completely sets, sprinkle zest of an orange.

Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe:

Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti

Sarah Mock

Try this easy Orange Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe with a cup of coffee. They are easier to make than you may think. Here are the step by step, easy instructions.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Additional Time 30 mins

Total Time 1 hr 25 mins

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Course Cookie Recipes

Cuisine French

Servings 24

Calories 178 kcal

Equipment

• silicone mat
• Baking sheet

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 zest of a medium orange
• Juice from the orange
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup whole almonds
• ¾ cup dark chocolate chips
• Extra chocolate for melting
• Extra orange zest for garnish

Instructions

 

Easy Biscotti Instructions

• Sift together the flour and baking powder.
• Lumps are not wanted in this recipe.
• In a mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar, softened butter, zest of one lemon and salt.
• Beat the mixture until it is creamed together.
• I let the mixer run on medium high for about 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter and egg blend.
• Just before the batter comes together, add the almonds and cranberries.
  
• Do not over mix.

How to bake biscotti

• Form the dough into a log about 10-inch long, 4-inch wide log on the prepared baking sheet.
  
• I use a silpat mat but parchment paper works as well.
• Bake at 350 until light golden, about 40 minutes.
• How to slice biscotti for second baking
• Cool at least 30 minutes. Completely cool is preferred.
• Allow to cool so you can easily remove it from the pan.
• The cooler it is the more success you will have with the next step.
• Use a long serrated slicing knife and use a pressing/sawing motion to slice the biscotti widthwise into ½ to 1 inch slices.
  
• If the first few slices fall apart you need to let the biscotti cool a bit longer.
• Line the biscotti up on a metal cooling rack and place the cooling rack on a cookie sheet.
• Back into the 350 degree oven they go for another 20-30 minutes. I say 20-30 minutes because it depends on how thick you have sliced your biscotti. The thicker they are, the longer they are going to continue to bake.

How to chocolate coat biscotti

• Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl in thirty second intervals until it is completely melted.
• Either dip or spread the biscotti in the chocolate.
  
• Before the chocolate completely sets, sprinkle zest of an orange.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 178kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 95mgFiber: 2gSugar: 11g

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originally published Dec 5, 2017