Tri-flavor biscotti | almond & white chocolate, butterscotch pecan, chocolate peanut butter chip

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**BASE RECIPE, MAKES ~30 BISCOTTI**
1 stick (4 oz, 113g) butter (I used unsalted)
1 1/3 cups (270g) sugar
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon (3g) salt (I used Morton kosher; maybe cut your salt in half if you're using salted butter)
1 teaspoon (2g) baking powder
vanilla
3-4 cups (360-480g) all-purpose flour
Additional optional mix-ins: cocoa powder, nuts, various chocolate chips, large-crystal sugar, powdered sugar, food coloring, almond extract (or other extracts), etc.
Get your oven heating to 325ºF/160ºC convection or 350ºF/180ºC conventional.
Soften the butter without melting it - you can leave it out at room temperature for a while or microwave it on low power in 10-15 second intervals, rotating the butter each interval until it's soft.
Combine the butter with the sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat them together until fluffy. Beat in the eggs and a little glug of vanilla until fluffy. Put in the salt, baking powder and 3 cups (360g) flour to begin with, and beat until everything is fully integrated. Keep beating in additional flour until you get a texture that still feels moist but is dry enough that it doesn't stick easily to your hands.
You could stir in some mix-ins and bake this dough as one loaf, or you could divide it up into three doughs in their own mixing bowls. Here's how I flavored my thirds, using about 1/4 cup each of chips and nuts:
1) Butterscotch chips, pecans, additional vanilla
2) White chocolate chips, a glug of almond extract, slivered almonds, green food coloring (make the color a little more intense than you want it in the end), additional big pinch of flour to balance the extra moisture (try to make the stickiness match the first batch)
3) Two tablespoons (15g) dutch cocoa powder, a little glug of oil to counter the drying effect of the cocoa and an extra pinch of sugar to counter its bitterness, peanut butter chips, macadamia nuts - the texture of this dough should feel a little stiffer and drier, and you might need to knead it by hand to get the cocoa fully integrated
When you have all the flavors mixed, get a parchment-lined (or greased and floured) baking sheet and lay out each dough in a long bar shape. You can then top them - I topped flavor #1 with demerara sugar, #2 with more slivered almonds and #3 with powdered sugar.
Bake until the loaves feel just firm enough that you could slice them without destroying them - I did 45 minutes. Take the pan out, and let the loaves cool for a few minutes until they are just firm enough to move safely to a cutting board. Slice each loaf into individual biscotti and return them to the pan - no parchment or other non-stick surface is needed at this point, and you can position the biscotti very close to each other.
Bake them again until they're as crunchy as you want them, keeping in mind they'll firm up a little more as they cool - I did about 30 minutes.

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Fun fact! "Biscotti" in Italian means "cookies" (=biscuits), so if you're in Italy and looking for them you will want to look for "cantucci" which is their specific name :)

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Thought it meant 'baked twice'...? Someone lied to me =[

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@@maggotst.pierre2361 I had never realised until you said that but I looked it up and yes! The etymology of the word biscuit is baked twice en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

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@@ryansshane oh okay. Whew, glad someone didn't lie to me lol

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my nonna always had “stracciatella” biscotti- basically just thin chocolate shavings with a bit of both almond and vanilla mixed in. this is inspiring me to give making her biscotti a go!

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Its stracciatella Not trying tu be rude im from italy so i think i know how u say it

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"Push the nuts in a little bit" YTP is gonna go wild with this one

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I recommend y'all to try it with orange and lemon zest with almonds it's my favourite flavour for Biscotti. Also it's delicious with Anise (toasted a little and crashed) and toasted sesame seeds.

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I think the hardness of the cookies are determined by how long you bake them the second time. So you could make any biscotti recipe as long as you take them out of the oven quicker. But I agree, these look like great recipes :)

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This might sound weird but can you do a video of how to properly/scientifically clean after cooking/eating? How to wash dishes, basically. Should you soak? should you rinse/drain your sponge with cold water? When should you use an iron sponge? Do you have to use soap if there's only cookie crumbs on the plate? Etc.

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So I would only soak it a dish is especially greasy or has food stuck to it. Otherwise you’re letting food soak in muck. Using warm water to the wash dishes is good because it dissolved much

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Did the chocolate one with half brown sugar. It was delicious! My whole family loved it. Thank you Adam.

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My dad used to make biscotti around Christmas. :) He always made toasted almond and orange flavored ones and they were so good! He past this last Christmas so this video popping up sure brought back alot of happy memories.

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[@WorldOfSafari]

Biscotti is one of my favourite things to make and eat with coffee. My absolute favourite though are my orange-walnut-biscotti. My trick i have incorperated into my baking for these: if you want to achieve a endproduct that is a little bit darker, 1 teaspoon of finely ground coffee does the trick. It also makes the Biscotti a little bit more crumbly. Also I bake my without any fat, I use eggs instead. Great for those wanting a cookie without (animal)fat!

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I've always found very fascinating how the Italian language has evolved and developed kinda on its own there in the USA. "Biscotti" or "biscotto" (plural and singular respectively) actually mean "cookie" in Italian. These are roughly what we would call "cantucci" which are a kind of cookie originated in Tuscany that we usually eat with a type of sweet wine called Vin Santo :)

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This cookie is called "cantuccio" , "biscotto" is the italian word for cookie :)

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If only there was a word in English that was close to "biscotto", perhaps a word that could describe all varieties and not just one type. But alas, no such word exists. I'm going to listen to Limp Bizkit to get over this disappointment.

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@@Patrick_Bateman92 In Dutch, such words do exist. Beschuit for twice baked bread and biscuit for twice baked cookies. Of course, there are some varieties of the latter which are only baked once, just to make matters more complicated. Furthermore, the word biscuit may also refer to a type of cake made without butter. I do know that the word biscuit is also used in the English language, perhaps it is used in similar contexts there?

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What did the intergalactic cookie say to the other intergalactic cookie? Beam me up biscotti

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I've made your biscotti recipe at home a couple times and hubby and I love it. But this weekend I made a big batch of this for a winter camp I'm the cook for and it was a huge hit. I love how relatively easy it is for how fancy it feels.

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That brown one looks.... Delicious!

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I feel like you would know why raspberry is sometimes blue. Food coloring and flavor history is very in line with your occasional penchant for fascinating videos that absolutely nobody asked for.

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In my region of Italy they are called "Tozzetti" they are made with a white base dough and almonds. They are usually dipped in red wine c:

[@singe0diabolique]

That butterscotch and pecan sounds amazing!

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43 minutes ago. Awesome work, my grandmother loves these! Thank you Mr Ragusea

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I love when new videos come exactly when I finish watching an older video

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My Italian grandma never baked them twice. Baked once with powdered sugar, butter, milk, food coloring icing. Super soft super filling super delicious. Usually had them for Easter.

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A friend gave people names of sweets. Mine was coconut biscotti. Clearly I'm biased and will try the base recipe w coconuts, thank you!

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"This is a biscotti" "Its a biscotto" "Pardon me?" "Its a biscotto" "biscotti?" "That would be if there was more than one, there's only one." Only conan fans would know

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My mom is italian, she makes biscotti for Christmas every year. I love it, especially when it's like super hard and I have to eat it in small bites or dip it in coffee.

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Just in response to the "lord knows why" comment in reference to Raspberry being blue and Almond being green, there is actually a reason. Manufacturers used to color them red, but they swapped to blue to help distinguish them from the other red and/or pink candies (Cherry, Strawberry, and Watermelon) so it was simply to avoid confusion. Sadly, I don't have an answer for almond being green, but I assume it's because almonds are green when unripe. Either way, love the recipe, Adam, keep up the good work.

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Is this something that is done solely or mostly in the USA? Here in Italy rasperry is purplish pink/red and I can't say I've seen any association between almonds and a color that is not their natural one

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"I find it helps to push the nuts in a little" High five

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i made some of these but with toasted almond flour and browned butter, 20/10 would recommend.

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Hey Adam considering you've done Ny pizza, neopolitan pizza and pan pizza which is basically Detroit pizza can you please do Chicago deep dish?

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I saw this clip in your last video, and I was sure you didn’t have a biscotti video yet!

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Same.

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the chocolate dough needing to be stiffer and drier or else spreading out flat is probably because a significant part of cocoa (>%20) is fat that melts during cooking, so it seems dry when it's raw, but it needs extra flour to soak up the cocoa fat.

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Dry the slices standing up it is soooo much faster. My favorite cookie, so quick to make especially without butter.

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Butter good. Yes. Yes indeed.

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I love cookies

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Who doesn't lol

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Explaining why you used certain techniques is great; extremely useful.

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Hey Adam, ever thought of trying out recipes from the southern region of latin america? (considering you enjoy mexican food so much). Empanadas or something like that might be fun.

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I love these, waxed paper works for me. The best combination I came up with is crasions, orange peel and some fennel seeds. Thanks my recipes were hit and miss.

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I remember having biscotti, when I was younger and always wanted it, but I didn't know what it was lol

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My thoughts, looked for a comment like this

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Thanks for these recipes Adam hope your doing good and know how much we appreciate the easy to follow and informative videos.

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Summer tomato video... garden tomatoes are indescribable in taste. As a teen, ate garden tomatoes, green onions and cornbread with a glass of butter milk. Real country eating.

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biscotti in oven!! blueberry almond, chocolate peanutbutter and butterscotch walnut were what i found in the bacj of my cupboard

[@nomchonks]

just pulled mine after the second bake. I don't drink coffee or eat biscotti, but I had peanut butter chips and pecans to use up. I used two thirds of all the ingredient quantities and made half with cocoa powder and half without. I didn't add any flour after the first two cups. the dough with cocoa was wetter and stickier than the plain, and I was too lazy to make it drier. however it didnt spread much more than the other dough...

[@t.dominey4150]

I would imagine that the reason the original recipe didn't have butter is that this recipe is meant to be a preservative measure. Really dry bread to last over the winter. Butter might cause it to spoil, but these days we don't have to worry about how long they last so we add butter because it tastes good

[@Mr.Riojas]

End pieces are the immediate reward for your labors. Will have to give this recipe a try in place of my usual one. Thank you for sharing it.

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I feel like the sound-bite-makers will have a great time with the "butter good!" at the end there

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I knew this video was on the way. I saw the biscotti footage in your "how I shoot cooking videos" video and couldn't wait to see it posted.

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I thought I had a scratch on my screen... Omg I'm moving the video around to make sure every time you showed your phone

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What might be interesting is finding out why out of all the italian biscuits, cantucci were the ones that became known as biscotti in english.

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I’m waiting for my “Butter Goooood” sweatshirt 😉

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I really love the execution of the video. Very well narrated, and careful to the details of cooking. Substitutions like butter were well founded to. 10/10

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Finally! A biscotti recipe I can eat

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I haven't seen biscotti this great since Sawcon

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i did pumpkin biscotti with toasted pine nuts and sunflower seeds, good with ham

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Really impressive tutorial, Adam. I love the green almond comment! I've made biscotti exactly once. Cutting them after the first bake was too annoying for me.

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Hey! I'd love to hear you talk about bitter almonds and almond extracts. I've noticed that people in the US don't think that the smell of bitter almonds is "almondy", and I'm guessing that it's because it's pretty hard to find in the states, and rarely used.

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Title, Biscotti and chocolate, Me, you have my attention

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5:24 when you don't have enough length push the nuts in 😂

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sweets containing almonds are sometimes coloured green in order to evoke associations of pistacchios, for which almonds are sometimes used as a cheaper substitute.

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White chocolate + dried sweetened cranberries = yummm

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Idea alert. Liver and onions in gravy. Only reason I say is I literally just made some and made a gravy with butter, beer and Marmite. And I've never felt like I perfected a meal as well as I just did. And I have never made liver and onions before

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This is certainly one of the more attractive biscotti recipes

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Was expecting the Trade Coffee sponsorship for this video, but the transition to Morning Brew worked just as well.

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"Push the nuts in" can't wait for the YTPs

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Wow. Really great timing since I've been wanting to make my own biscotti

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Adam needs to conquer *Pepperidge* *Farm* *Milanos* next. Non of the copycat recipes I've found come that close.

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0:37 “I will cream” Use this for the ytps

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"Almond is sometimes green!" News to me.

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Cool, I've got lots of cupboard stuff to use up! Wasabi powder, liquid smoke, balsamic vinegar...

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That was the most verbally packed video I have ever watched by anybody, aside from the those fast-talking competition videos!

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Added benefit of green food coloring: You don't have to worry about mold.

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“because...well, butter good” Ya heard him fellas. Butter good

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“plus... Butter good.” i agree wholeheartedly

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You should try brown butter walnut and rosemary.

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Good now I have the basic recipe for this type of cookie. Thanks.

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"Clean out your baking drawer of random half-bags and lets see what you come up with..." And so, people who opened the wrong drawer made *biscotti with nails and screws*

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@Del S: this made me laugh, and I thank you for it.

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Why are you keeping nails and screws in your kitchen? 😂

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Should work - biting down on solid iron will hurt less than biscotti

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@@adventure_hannah3841 Well, we already have culinary bricks, maybe they were going to come in handy later?

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@@Del_S Possibly for kitchen organization projects? 😃👍 Ethan Chlebowski has such a video.

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Backing something and then backing it again reminds me of toast

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“Butter good.” I think you just spoke my family’s love language.

[@mortti361]

That chocolate one seriously looks like my morning brew...

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I agree, butter good

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2:47 Wait, Angie actually speaks with you guys!? I haven't heard her having an opinion for years

[@lotm79]

Just made them. They are excellent. Thank you!