Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup whole almonds, toasted
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
Directions
In a standing mixer with a paddle attachment combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Mix together eggs, egg whites and vanilla extract. Gradually add egg mixture to flour mixture blending on low. Toss almonds with chocolate chips then add to flour mixture and blend just until combined.
On a well floured surface roll dough into 2 logs, 2 inches in diameter. Place on a greased sheet pan and brush with beaten egg. Bake at 350 degrees until light golden brown, about 30-35 minutes. Allow logs to cool 15 minutes then cut into slices on the bias. Place slices on a greased sheet pan and bake in a 350 degree oven until toasted, about 15-20 minutes. Cool. Store in an airtight container.
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By dstinard
on January 07, 2013
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I think there are errors in this recipe. It's hard to bake a chocolate biscotti to "golden brown" :
The dough doesn't have enough liquids to come together correctly and makes a big hard brick of dough if you spend enough time working all of the dry ingredients into it. Every other successful biscotti recipe I've made has a softer, stickier dough that is hard to shape without floured fingers. I wasn't going to try to bake it as it was, so I worked 3 tbsp of canola oil into the dough. The dough was a little oily this way, so maybe try 2 tbsp if you want to attempt this.
Slicing the loaf was easier than most biscotti recipes this way (only one slice crumbled into pieces and the final texture was surprisingly good, crispy and crunchy. The flavor was good, not great. You might try adding a very small amount of almond extract. The altered recipe I'd rate about 3 stars. There are better biscotti recipes available.
By charvey58_4545489
north bergen, NJ
on December 06, 2012
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this was by far a waste of time and $$$ no flavor and came out like a Brick! no butter?? I make biscotties all the time and these were by far the worst. had to trash them...
By Aunt Duddie
on August 20, 2012
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Years ago when Chef Gale came out with this recipe I decided to make it for my Dad. He LOVED it and so did Mom! I lost the recipe in a move and finally found it again here. I'm a happy cook! These are reminiscent of early mornings with my grandfather. I should add that I flour a handful of mini-chocolate chips and add it to the batter. Wonderful!
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