While there is no doubt in my mind that his recipe makes a delicious biscotti, for all of us lazy cooks I have an alternative. Take a box of cake mix - 2-layer size, any flavor - mix with 1 stick of softened butter, 1 cup flour and 2 eggs. This will make a really stiff dough - almost like Playdoh. Shape this dough into 2 logs - about 2" wide - and place on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, remove from the oven & let cool for about 10 minutes. Slice each log crosswise into 1/2" slices and separate these slices slightly Bake for 10 minutes more then let cool completely. You can mix in extras - like chocolate chips, fruit or nuts along with the flour,butter & eggs. I've done: *chocolate cake mix with chocolate chips *lemon cake mix with dried cranberries *yellow cake with chopped pistachios
No no... shame shame!!! If you want easy go here: http://biscottiqueen.etsy.com Much better for you... they are like health cookies!!! LOL
Dear bigmike; As much as I love reading your recipes and even trying them out myself, sometimes ya just gotta be a lazyslutcheater and take the shortcuts Gotta tell you I impressed the heck out of my Eye-talian friend with a gift of these biscotti. She could not believe they weren't homemade. WTH: they LOOK homemade...and I did make them in my home...
