After Jan canceled on our lunch (she came down with a fever), my sister and I did some baking. She’s been on a cooking & baking mood lately and marked off a whole bunch of recipes she wanted to try in the recipe book.
Original Chocolate Almond Biscotti recipe
The Chocolate Almond Biscotti recipe both caught our eyes because the picture was beautiful and the directions were very easy. But, since I’m not fond of almonds, we changed it to chopped pistachios and vanilla extract, as opposed to chopped almonds and almond extract.
I went about peeling over a ½ cup of pistachios by hand. It wasn’t fun, but it went by fast as we chatted away. Originally, I was going to emulate the TV chefs and chop them by hand, but then I realized how much of an amateur I was compared to them. Plus, there was the big possibility of making a mistake and cutting myself… So, electric chopper it is!
She wanted to be in charge of doing everything herself, so I was just there as my sister’s helper. I ended up helping cut up the biscotti and melting the chocolate that went on top of them.
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OMGawsh!!! love that last/third shot…so chocolatey and looks super moist! love those pistachios peeking out, too! same here, i heart pistachios more than almonds.
ps. i will give you my niece’s strawberry (no-bake) cheesecake recipe as soon as i wrestle it from her. lol. hopefully, it won’t be long. ;D
Thanks so much! That would be fantastic. I can’t wait to try it out
Yes, there’s something about pistachios that I much prefer to almonds. Maybe the texture or the taste? I generally find almonds to be bland.
*wipe drool away* It looks super delicious! Though I’m not a fan of chocolate (yes who I am I? Hahahaha) that looks super tasty!
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Like you, I’m not a big chocolate fan either. But, sometimes I make exceptions
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New here! Looks very delicious ah! You must post a step-by-step so many of us could bake as deliciously like yours! Hoping for that
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Hi, thanks for visiting! I haven’t got the book with me at the moment, but I’ll definitely post it later on
That looks llike a really good recipe to make. How long does it take to make this recipe. I love both pistachios and almonds, but I think the pistachio one sounds better—especially with all that chocolate
It didn’t take long at all. Maybe 30-40 minutes, I believe. For some reason, almonds just taste bland to me, so I had to substitute it. I’m sure it tastes good with whatever nut is used. The chocolate definitely makes it, though
That’s not bad; that includes baking time as well? I’m sure it’d take me a longer time though if I’m stuck doing all the work by myself I think pistachios (and chocolate) are a better choice here. I’ve had the almond ones before and I wasn’t too fond of them.
Those pictures make it look delicious! I love biscotti, but I can’t often eat it because I don’t usually know what nuts are in it. When I read that you made biscotti I was like “aww, something I can’t eat.” Then I saw it was almond biscotti and was excited! It’s not like I get to eat your biscotti, but still. xD Anyway, I’m sad that you substituted almonds for pistachios. I’m allergic and can no longer eat the imaginary biscotti that has been sent through my computer screen.
I’m glad you and your sister had a fun time baking and that the biscotti turned out well!
yummyumm! your post just made me grab a bag of chips delight cookies haha
Omg that looks so good! And I want that recipe! >D Please? xD
Oh man, I tried to cut food like the chefs on TV too and well…. ouch. Booboo T^T
I don’t have the book with me at the moment. But, when I do, I’ll email you the recipe
OOHHEEEMGEEE! yummy! I want to have one!! xD I love pistachios and almonds. hihi. plus the chocolate. nuum nuum nuuuum!
Aaah, sounds yum! You just made me want to bake – and i don’t ever bake ha ha
Oh my god YUM. I remember having a gelato that was a chocolate biscotti with some other kind of nut, and it was delicious. I haven’t baked in a while, but I did have enough ice cream today… but still, mega drool.
I can’t believe you don’t like almonds! I love them better than pistachios. I think almonds are my favourite nut.
Peeling so many pistachios by hand would suck, haha. The only accident I’ve had in the kitchen is grating half the skin off my finger with a cheese grater… ouch.
Wow! I wanna learn how to bake din. Like super duper. Wala kasi kaming oven eh :((
Sa baking life ko lang naluluto yang mga ganyang cakes hahaha
Meron atang mga recipes na no-bake lang. Di ko alam kung paano yun. Baka microwave lang? O kaya sa stove lang. Sure, we can do a link exchange! I’ll add you now.
By the way, do you want to have link exchanges? This is Mei, from meichagas.com, moving to jojomei.com
I haven’t had dinner so i’m really drooling over the food you baked sis! hahaha. I don’t know how to bake, I can only do the other stuff to help out. I love chocolates with almonds in it, it’s one of my fave.
I’m glad that you get to hangout and bond with your sister too.
We’ll have to do some baking sometime, if ever! O kaya restaurant or mall hopping na lang? So many possibilities!
The photos made me crave for chocolates! =)) I want to taste it.
oh those look amazing! Which cookbook was it in? i’d love to try this myself!! =]