DAY Recipe

Chocolate syrup and mini chocolate chips pack in the flavor for these tender, pecan-accented cookies. They’re great with a cup of espresso or regular coffee.

Makes about 26.

INGREDIENTS
nonstick vegetable oil spray3/4cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/2cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room [...]

For the crispiest cookies, slice the dough no thicker than a half inch. The biscotti keep well and look great wrapped in tinted cellophane tied with a silk ribbon or raffia, or packed into pretty holiday bags.

Makes about 48.

INGREDIENTS
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“Biscotti have become very popular recently, but my mother-in-law, Helen, has been baking them for years,” says Janet Mercuri of North Royalton Ohio. “Now that I’ve started using her recipe, friends tell me that my biscotti taste just like their grandmothers’ —and I’m not even Italian.”
These have a subtle anise flavor and would be nice [...]

Sue Shadley of Indianapolis, Indiana, says that the biscotti from The Bakehouse in Bloomington are addictive.
These can be baked three weeks ahead and frozen, making them an ideal Christmas gift.

Makes about 4 dozen.

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked
3cups all [...]

INGREDIENTS

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter , softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup walnuts , chopped
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Butter and flour a large baking sheet.
In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat until [...]