Mini Homemade Holiday Biscotti

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 cup Sugar

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter

• Other

  • Dark or semi-sweet chocolate for melting and dipping
  • Either red/white/green sprinkles or crushed peppermint pieces
  • Nestle's Holiday Morsels

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Description

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• Nestles Holiday Morsels
• Dark or semi-sweet chocolate for melting and dipping
• Either red/white/green sprinkles or crushed peppermint pieces

Directions

• 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 ½-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 ½-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).