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Chocolate With Francois Chocolate Nut Biscotti

Are you a dunker? If you’re a dunker you have to love biscotti. It’s the perfect crisp cookie to enjoy dipped dunked in tea or coffee. This month’s Francois Payard’s recipe, Chocolate with Francois, was all about crisp, nutty, chocolate biscotti. Essence of anise in a chocolate nut, twice baked cookie. It doesn’t get any better. Makes 18 – 25 biscotti – depending on how large/small you slice them. 3 TBS unsalted butter 1/2 cup sugar grated zest of one orange 2 large eggs 2 cups flour (more for rolling) 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. [...]

By Joanne|2012-01-01T18:32:00-05:00January 1, 2012|Chocolate|6 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Italian Wedding Cookies

Did I say there was a cookie earlier in the week that was my favorite? Darn it! Who can decide? Here’s ANOTHER favorite of mine, the Italian Wedding Cookie. It’s so light with a gentle taste just like its crumb. The recipe source is Anita Burroughs and the post is by HJ from our book A Taste of Utica. 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter 3/4 cup confectioners sugar 3/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups finely ground almonds 4 1/2 tsp vanilla extract *seems like a lot but it works in this recipe 3 cups flour – sifted 1/3 cup confectioners [...]