Tuesdays with Dorie: Lenox Almond Biscotti
Tuesday is becoming my favorite day of the week. Tuesdays with Dorie is such a lovely excuse to expand my baking horizons. This week’s recipe was chosen by Gretchen from Canela & Comino.
This was my first biscotti experience. I was a little thrown off by the odd consistency of the dough, but it turned out to be pretty easy to shape. I was also expecting longer biscotti, but Dorie’s recipe said to shape the dough into two logs, so I went for it.
The dough baked up a little unevenly. It could be my miniature oven (one step up from an easy-bake) or the pans that I used.. not exactly sure. I had to keep them in longer about 8-10 minutes longer than Dorie’s suggested bake time.
Some of the biscotti got a little too brown for my liking, so I used a serrated knife to trim off the edges. After that, I took Dorie’s advice to play around – what better way to hide a mistake than by covering it with chocolate?
These tiny biscotti are delicious dipped in tea, coffee or all by themselves. The cookies are about 100 calories each and don’t take long to make. Ignore your barista today and make your own treats. 🙂
*Tuesdays with Dorie is a group of bloggers baking through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours.
So pretty! I love the idea of making them tiny… mine were so big, and everyone breaks them in half, anyhow! Your presentation is very elegant, too. Nice work!
Love the tiny size and the chocolate bottoms! You did a wonderful job!
Game plan: come back to Philadelphia and be my personal chef. I LOVE your blog!!!
great looking biscotti! Yours didn’t seem to spread out that much, and I love the chocolate bottom too!
The dough freaked me out a little, too, but everything came out great. Love the look of the chocolate-dipped biscotti piled together. They’d make a great gift … to me. 😉
So pretty!! You did a GREAT job!! I love the chocolate touch!
Yum! I love the chocolate dip.
These look so pretty! I bet they are delicious dipped in chocolate!
They look PERFECT! Nice job!
For whatever reason, I really like that photo looking down at the dough.
You could try cutting the biscotti at an angle to make them bigger.
they look wonderful! mistake-fixer or not, a chocolate dip is always a good idea!
What beautiful biscotti! They look like they came from a bakery (but I’m sure they tasted much better!)
Your little biscotti are darling — and what a great idea to hide their imperfections with chocolate!