WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BISCOTTI
Ingredients:
2/3 cup Macadamia nuts
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons Amaretto
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons unbleached flour
1 - 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cups white chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a bake sheet with parchment or butter and flour it.. Chop the Macadamia nuts in half or thirds.
Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until lightly fluffed, at least 2 minutes. Work in the eggs one at a time . Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the vanilla and liqueur with the machine running.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add this dry mixture to the egg mixture in three installments. Mix only until just blended. Fold the nuts and white chocolate chips.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Dust the dough with flour and divide it in half. Shape the dough into 2 rectangles: 2" wide and 1" high and 12" long. Bake for 25 minutes, until firm and lightly browned.
Lift the loaves out onto a rack to cool for 5 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice logs 1/2" thick at a 45 degree angle and place slices upright on the sheet pan. Bake another 10 minutes. Cool completely on a rack before sealing in a jar or tin and storing.
Adapted from a recipe in Biscotti by Lou Seibert Pappas
