Biscotti goes great with coffee, tea, or a mug of your favorite milk! Personally, I love my biscotti with coffee. I don’t need sweeteners or fancy-schmancy drinks, just a good strong brew made with freshly ground java beans.

But, I digress; on to my biscotti recipes.

The first recipe is for an Almond Biscotti from Joy of Baking. This biscotti is delicious exactly the way the recipe reads or you could add lemon or orange extract, (I use Young Living Lemon or Orange Essential Oils), in place of the almond extract. I always dip or spread chocolate over my almond biscotti and then sprinkle with chopped almonds.

The second biscotti I make is a Chocolate Brownie Biscotti from Good Housekeeping, which is just as delightful as it sounds. This recipe makes a larger biscotti and it’s chewier than the almond but still holds up to dunking it into a large mug of coffee.

If you’re not a dunker, no problem, just don’t double bake them, that’s what makes them a hard cookie.

Drizzle or dip in chocolate. Sprinkle with chopped nuts or chopped candy canes and you have the perfect gift.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Need a Gluten-Free recipe? Try substituting Namaste Perfect Flour Blend which converts cup for cup. I use Organic Cane Sugar whenever I use sugar. It’s non-GMO and unrefined.

Biscotti is so easy to make. You might want to double the batch, they won’t last long, I promise. I’ve been making biscotti at Christmastime and giving them as gifts to neighbors, family, and teachers for almost 20 years now. They’re a favorite and those people I’ve given them to always look forward to getting their Christmas biscotti.

If you make these recipes, let me know how they turned out!