Mini Homemade Holiday Biscotti

By á-17891

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Simple and delicious holiday biscotti that you can make at home. These colorful and tasty biscotti make a wonderful holiday gift

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• Nestle's Holiday Morsels
• Dark or semi-sweet chocolate for melting and dipping
• Either red/white/green sprinkles or crushed peppermint pieces

Details

Adapted from asouthernfairytale.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F.
Combine butter and sugar in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low. Add flour and baking powder; continue beating until well mixed.
Stir in chocolate chips/holiday morsels.
Divide dough into eight equal size pieces onto a lightly floured surface with lightly floured hands. Shape each piece into a log that is 1 inch wide and 1/2-inch tall. It will be 8 or 9 inches long. The height and width are most important - you do not want the log to be wider than 1 inch.
Place logs 3 inches apart onto lightly greased large cookie sheet or cookie sheet lined with a Silpat. I needed two cookie sheets for this recipe.
Bake for 18 minutes or until tops are cracked and ends just start to turn light brown.
Remove from oven; reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
Cool logs 10 minutes on cookie sheet.
This biscotti is very fragile, so handle with care!
Carefully move log to a cutting board and cut into 1/2-inch wide pieces with a serrated knife at about a 30 degree angle
Place cut pieces back onto the cookie sheet, cut side down. Discard or eat ends (I recommend eating!).
Bake for 6 minutes, take out of the oven and flip every piece, then bake for 7 more minutes.
Remove to wire cooling rack; cool completely.
Dip the end of each biscotti into melted chocolate; shake off excess.
Place onto waxed paper or back on cooling rack. Immediately sprinkle with sprinkles or peppermint pieces.
Let set at room temperature until chocolate is hardened (about 1 hour).