Toffee Biscotti

We made a bunch of Taft Street Toffee last month; so much that we have quite a bit left over. Not a problem, as part of our Christmas tradition is an assortment of biscotti. This year we will add toffee biscotti to the assortment!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
  • 1 cup Taft Street Toffee, roughly chopped
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Stir together sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl. Add toffee and eggs; then stir in the flour, baking powder and salt until just combined.
  3. Chill covered dough 30 minutes.
  4. Half dough and form two 2 X 16 inch loaves on an ungreased baking sheet.
  5. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Move loaves to rack and let cool 30 minutes.
  6. Cut loaves into ¾ inch slices with serrated knife. Arrange biscotti on baking sheet cut side down and bake another 20 minutes. Transfer to rack to cool.
  7. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

Especially good with Taft Street Medallion Red Wine and Taft Street Alexander Valley Merlot.