Almond Biscotti

Get your cup of coffee ready! I had a great time making the biscotti even though it didn't allow me to be too far from the oven. But mostly because my niece was in the kitchen with me as she worked on her own little project: rice krispy treats for her grand-daddys in celebration of Father's Day.

Almond biscotti, recipe from allrecipes.com:

Baked and ready to be cut

Milk glaze and sprinkled sugar





Special thanks to Jessica C. for her love and support! <3



Ghiradelli Chocolate Chip Cookies

I live on this recipe. Perhaps I'm just a creature of habit or I find it unnecessary to reinvent the wheel. In any case, I haven't baked in about two weeks mostly from birthday festivities and the long memorial day weekend which turned out to be more about lobsters, seafood and fish than about baked sweets. But its time to get back into the oven.

Along with this recipe, I decide to mash up some almond bits but it can be interchangable with walnuts or pecans. It didn't really work well with hazelnut or pine nuts. So again, I stick to what I know.
 





cookie dough on sheet



the real oven

 

trying a batch in the
confection oven

chocolate chip cookies

The next few projects will definitely be more trying for me... like my french. I won't know the recipes with my eyes closed or rely on my usual methods to get by. What can I say? Je suis un Americain! ;)