I also have to be honest. I have never tried either biscotti or cantuccini, so I had no idea what to expect.
Preparing the dough and baking the biscotti wasn't hard at all and I even didn't have a cooling rack that I could put in the oven. :)))
I have also never roasted hazelnuts before. I found it a bit tricky as I had no idea how brown should they be and I had no left-over to combine the colour with a raw hazelnut. But 15-20 minutes at 300 Fahrenheit would do.
I really liked the roasted hazelnut taste, but to be honest (I am very honest now), for me the biscotti turned out to be very dry and hard. I like much more my Hot Chocolate Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies.
For the recipe and more pictures visit Jodi at Homemade and Wholesome or Kathrine at Baking and Boys.
They have to turn dry and hard, that's just how they are so you did a great job!!! But I agree I would rather have some chocolate cookies!!!
ReplyDeleteMine were hard too, but I think I left them in too long on the second bake. Plus, there was that little mistake where I missed the part about turning down the oven to 300 during the first bake. But they were still good. My college kids couldn't stop eating them.
ReplyDeleteAround the world so many dentists have been dancing around in happiness since the publishing of our biscotti recipe! :-)
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely dry
and if you don't like them because of that,
try to dunk them into coffee, milk, tea... they are delicious!
Among others my aunt. :))) I will give it another try with tea or milk.
DeleteSounds like a lot of firsts :-)
ReplyDeleteSorry these weren't your thing, but they look lovely.
I Did not care for these either. Good thing they were easy and did not call for too many ingredients.
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