Nutty Chocolate Chip Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 18 ounces roll refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
• 1 1/2 cups almonds, toasted, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f & grease & flour a large cookie sheet.
• 2 in large bowl, break up cookie dough.
• 3 sprinkle vanilla & rum extract over dough & mix well.
• 4 stir toasted almonds into dough.
• 5 divide dough into 4 equal portions, shaping each into an 8"x1" log.
• 6 place logs 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet, then flatten each to about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• 7 bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, then cool for 15 minutes.
• 8 reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees f.
• 9 with serrated knife, cut each log into 10 slices, then place slices, cut side down on the same cookie sheet.
• 10 return to oven & bake another 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on how crisp you want the biscotti to be.
• 11 remove from cookie sheet & cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• 12 meanwhile, place chocolate chips in small microwavable bowl & microwave on high for 1 minute.
• 13 stir, then microwave an additional minute, stirring every 15 seconds.
• 14 when chips are melted, dip about 1/4 of one end of each biscotti into melted chocolate, then set each on a waxed-paper-covered cookie sheet.
• 15 refrigerate at least 10 minutes to set the chocolate before storing in an airtight container.