LOVE=Biscotti

I have never tried to make Biscotti. I know what you are thinking..WHY ever not? Me the scone queen? NOT make biscoti? Truth be told I never liked it. It seemed silly to bake up something so hard you have to dip it in coffee to soften it just to be able to consume it. Last Christmas my dear sweet neighbor came to play cribbage with us and brought over a treat for us. Biscotti from Costco. Of course you cant turn down someones kindness therefore I gingerly bit into said biscotti and was pleasantly surprised my teeth did not fall off!

Incidentally I looked up biscotti on Wikipedia. This is what I found:

The word "biscotti" (pronounced /bɪˈskɒti/, Italian pronunciation: [bisˈkɔtti]) in Italian is the plural form of biscotto and applies to any type of biscuit (in the UK sense of a very dry, hard cookie or cracker).

Thus began the inkling in my heart to try my hand a such a feat. Of course a year goes by and still I do nothing but TODAY, I just made up my mind to do it. I had the almonds and the vanilla which both are of upmost importance to the success of biscotti. Remind me another day to speak to the use of vanilla!

I used a simple recipe found of Joyofbaking.com. OH MY! How in the world did I make it SO long without having made this simple yet easy dessert? I shall never know. I can see biscotti, TONS of biscotti in my future. Much like a scone recipe it begs to be altered and played with. I shall!

I love biscotti!