Hello there,
I love biscottis or biscuit-ys as my Daddio calls them. I first discovered them at a funky coffee shop that I used to frequent in high school. They are perfect to dip in your coffee, tea or even eat as you are typing a blog post…
I used a recipe that I found on kraft.com but I modified it slightly.
Seriously these were so delicious that I have eaten 5 of them today and the BF ate about 6 yesterday while they were cooling and then another one after we got back from dinner!
Biscottis AKA twice-baked cookies 🙂 {Print Recipe}
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1&1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter* (or margarine) softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 ripe banana mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla (or more)
- 1&1/2 CRUSHED cereal (such as Special K Vanilla Almond*..original recipe calls for banana nut crunch cereal)
- 1/4 cup chopped Craisins*
- 1-2 TBS Chia Seeds*
*My modifications to the recipe
How To:
- Beat sugar, softened butter or margarine together. Add eggs, vanilla, banana and beat until well blended (I just used a wooden spoon and it turned out fine).
- Stir in the chopped craisins and Chia seeds.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly stir into the mixture.
- Add the crushed cereal. (I put the cereal in a plastic ziplock bag and crush it all up.)
- Put the dough in the fridge for about an hour. (This will make the dough less sticky.)
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Divide dough in half with floured hands (dough will still be sticky) and place on a generously floured surface.
- Roll each half into logs…about 14 by 2 inches. (See pic below)
- Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake 25-30 min. (I baked them 25 and then let them sit on top of the stove 5 min.)
- Either on a cutting board or if you are skilled like me…use a serrated knife and cut logs diagonally. (See pic below)
- Place cut sides up on baking sheets and bake another 12 to 15 min (or until desired texture…softer vs harder)
- Cool on wire racks and enjoy! 🙂
I enjoyed one of these with my bedtime tea last night, as well as one with some coffee this morning. They would also work great as a pre or post workout food! I am very proud of how delish these turned out so you have to try them! 🙂
Training update: I did the first week…but now my back hurts. :-/ I have walked a couple of times this week and I am hoping it will be better so I can get back to running again!
Any one have advice on training/back issues?? I am getting pretty frustrated!
Thanks for stopping by! Comments are ALWAYS welcome!
Have a happy, semi-healthy, blessed day!
~Semi-Health Nut~
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