Almond and Lemon Biscotti Dipped in White Chocolate

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Biscotti are supposed to be hard. When you dip them in tea and/or coffee they become soft and even more delicious. I actually thought I did something wrong but my mom told me that is how they are supposed to be. Anyway, I have made these twice, once for Mother's Day and once for Father's Day. Everyone loved them. They make a great gift and my family could not believe I made them from scratch. Thank you Giada for the recipe. I will continue making these biscotti for years to come!!

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these biscotti were dry and so hard. i think giada left out the butter in this recipe and it is a mistake. wasted my time and ingredients.

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en ... it's ok, but next time i will not cook this long.

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Love this recipe. This is a healthier version of biscotti as it does not have any butter. It is absolutely delicious and I've made it at least 10 times.

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These were pretty good. I do like biscotti; however, there are some recipes I care for much better. I suppose it was the cornmeal in the recipe. The lemon flavor was good. I used slivered almonds because that's all I had on hand. I would encourage you NOT to use slivered almonds. That may have also been why I didn't like it as much as others did. I also found I needed to cut back the cooking time by 5 minutes or so for each baking time. Probably wouldn't make this one again.

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While these were in the oven, I decided to read the reviews... I am really surprised at the comments. I have eaten plenty of biscotti, and never made them. So i followed the recipe closely and they came out perfectly... The logs were firm but formable, the lemon really perfect. For the second round of baking i put them in for 10 minutes with the oven on, the shut the oven off for the remaining ten minutes. I heated the white chocolate bits in the microwave for 3 minutes then let them sit to finish melting. They dipped fine. The texture was crisp on the outside, firm not hard inside and the white chocolate finished them perfectly. The cornmeal was a suprise..i imagine traditionalists would find its presence a little disturbing..i thought it added a rustic, country italian texture. Very memorable cookie.. And delicious.

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I just made these, and I, too, didn't read the reviews first. Only glanced at the five star rating. I probably would have made them anyway, because obviously biscotti is supposed to be hard, but these seem quite hard, like stale hard. I omitted the cornmeal simply because I didn't have it on hand. The lemon zest makes it tasty. And I added some chocolate chips and walnuts. It's not a sweet cookie, which is why it's really more for "grown-ups." Don't think I'll make again because of the hardness, though.

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Given all the rave reviews, I decided to try making this recipe as I love anything with lemons! But this recipe was a huge disappointment. The biscotti was really really hard! Literally, I could not bite through without cracking my teeth. So I gave up, and just dunked them in tea. I also wonder about the cornmeal, like many others in the reviews. Too bad I didn't read the reviews until after I tried this recipe!

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These were fabulous.
I loved how the cornmeal added texture and the grated lemon rind
made them so fragrant and delicious....i did not put the chocolate as they were for daily caffe, but otherwise I will do that for a special occasion. Thanks Giada!

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Overall the cookie is good, but I am disappointed with the cookie because of the cornmeal, which made the cookie gritty. But if I ignore the grittiness the cookie was good. If I ever decide to remake I will omit the cornmeal.
I make for co-workers and added more chocolate to help disguise the gritty cookie.