The days here have been filled with crafting, sewing, knitting, wrapping, and until this afternoon, baking. That's when I walked past my oven, which was preheating for a batch of cookies, and noticed a bright yellow light inside. Not a good sign...when I opened the door there were flames. It seems the heating element has burned out at about the worst time of year possible. I guess it wasn't such a good idea to postpone my cookie baking!I did get biscotti made a few days ago, and as Elisabeth asked, here's the recipe:
Orange Chocolate Chip Biscotti
1/3 c. butter, softened
2/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
2 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c. mini (or regular) chocolate chips
4 tsp. finely shredded orange peel
melted semi-sweet chocolate
Beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and baking soda; beat til combined. Add eggs; beat 1 minute at medium speed. Beat in flour. Stir in chocolate pieces and orange peel. Shape dough into (2) 8 inch logs. Place logs on a lightly greased cookie sheet ~ flatten slightly to 2 inch widths. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 - 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on pan for 1/2 hour. Transfer logs to a cutting board. Cut diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices, and place cut side down on cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees F for 8 minutes ~ turn slices and bake 8 - 10 minutes more until crisp and light brown. Transfer biscotti to a wire rack and cool. Dip one end of each cookie in melted chocolate (or I often just use a knife to spread it over the cookie).
Makes about 32 cookies.
I hope you enjoy these as much as we do ~ the chocolate and orange combination is great!
These pictures show a couple paper cones I finished. I decided to fill them with boxwood, pine, crab apples, and tiny pine cones and have hung them in the kitchen and sunroom for decoration.
Hope you are all enjoying this week!