biscotti-licious!

Among other things that I did today (shopping, more outdoor lights, etc.), I made it into the kitchen and started my foray into Christmas baking.

I decided on biscotti this year. I have recently been having biscotti occasionally at night to satisfy my post dinner sweet tooth without lots of calories or fat. I really like the crunchy nature of them.

So, I found some recipes online, and then also bought a biscotti cookbook (amazon.com has fricking everything). I decided on 4 recipes.

Triple Chocolate (chocolate dough, choclate chips, and melted chocolate drizzle).
Lemon Pine Nut
Cranberry Pistachio
White Chocolate spice (ginger, allspice, cinnamon and cloves, with molasses and brown sugar, white chocolate chips and drizzle)

The first two batches are complete. I like them both, but the lemon pignoli are awesome. I love pine nuts, and the lemon combination is wonderful.

I am looking forward to seeing what the white choco spice ones turn out like tomorrow.

There was recipe I think I may also try later on, as I am not sure how many of my friends would like it: spicy pear and white raisin. You use dried pear...which I love. It also has orange extract in it.