Recipe: Biscotti

Today I thought I'd share with you my recipe for biscotti.

You will need:

225g self-raising flour

100g caster sugar

Drop of vanilla essence

100g chopped hazelnuts

2 free-range eggs

50g butter melted

25g flour mixed with 25g icing sugar, for dusting

50g chocolate chips

Method:

Step One: mix together the flour, sugar, chocolate and hazelnuts in a bowl.

Step Two: In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, vanilla essence and butter together until pale and fluffy

Step Three: Then add to the flour mixture, mixing to form a dough. 

Shape the dough into a ball.

Step Four: Flour a work surface with the flour and icing sugar mixture. 

Turn the dough out onto the work surface, halve it and roll each half into a 24cm long rectangle 1cm thick.

Step Five: Place the rectangles of dough onto a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly golden. 

Step Six: Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes.

Then cut 12 biscuits out from each sheet with a biscuit cutter. 

Return the biscuits to the oven to bake for 15 more minutes, or until golden-brown and crisp.

Step Seven: Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 20-30 minutes