Chocolate Covered Biscotti

My mom really likes biscotti and buys them from Costco pretty often, so the other day I decided to try making them. It turned out to be a lot easier than I expected - some flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, and I had biscotti.

I'd bookmarked Baking Bites awhile ago and was eager to try something out from it. I borrowed the chocolate covered strawberry biscotti recipe, with slight modifications.

Time: 1:30
Serves: a lot

Ingredients
2.5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract (or almond extract, if you prefer)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup halved almonds (optional)

1. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until fluffy. Slowly add in the sugar and vanilla, beating to incorporate.
3. Preheat oven to 350F.
4. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. When you've added about half of it, stop using an electric mixer and start mixing with a wooden spoon. It will soon get too thick for the mixer to be useful.
5. Put a piece of parchment paper over your baking sheet. Divide the batter in half and spoon onto the parchment paper in two long logs. With well-floured hands, shape into rectangles about 1/2in high. Bake at 350F for 20min - it should rise a little and look kind of like a cake.
6. Take out of the oven and carefully slice into 1/2in thick pieces. Lay flat on parchment paper and bake at 300F for 15min. Flip onto other side and bake for another 15min at 300F. This is to help it dry so that it has the hard crunch that differentiates biscotti from other cakes/cookies.
7. Wait for it to cool, then dip into chocolate if desired. Serve with coffee, milk, or plain.