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Alice Medrich, Baking with Julia, biscotti, cognac, Dorie Greenspan, hazelnut, hazelnut biscotti, Julia Childs, macademia nut, macademia nut biscotti
It’s Tuesdays with Dorie time again and this week it is simply Hazelnut Biscotti!
I made biscotti, for the first time, last fall and it didnt turn out as crisp as biscotti usually is and as a result, it basically went mostly un-eaten. So I was hoping for much better results this time.
It is very easy to mix up and I used a combination of hazelnuts and macademia nuts just to spiffy them up! Due to a little glitch in reading the ingredient list, I wound up using cognac instead of brandy or an amaretto… I think next time we will make sure to have something like that on hand and cut out the salt as the flavor from the cognac was there but it was rather slight over the taste of the salt – but then again that could just be because I’m still pregnant!… I plan to also dip a few in white chocolate tomorrow – if there are any left.
My coffee drinking husband is very much looking forward to sharing these babies at work, since they made the entire house smell heavenly as they were baking away. I really liked the technique of placing the biscotti, once baked, cut and cooled on cooling racks before going back into the oven, it really resulted in the true biscotti crispness that sets the biscotti apart from a simple cookie or shortbread.
This is easily a recipe I can double and make for the holidays, cutting them into shapes with cookie cutters would be just too cute for words! Can’t wait to share these with some friends!
To see how the other Doristas fared with this one, click here! For the full recipe, check out our hosts, Jodi of Homemade and Wholesome and Katrina of Baking and Boys!
These look great, Alice! I’m sorry I had to drop out of the group!
LOL, we can’t all keep up with the demands
Sometimes I skip just because I dont have the energy!
These look good & they were so crazy easy to make, too.
I used Frangelico in ours and the flavor definitely came through (although, I noticed it less a couple days after making the cookies).
hmmm… oh well
at least they were tasty! 
I’m going to make these more often I think
They look great and I agree about the technique for the second baking.
Yeah, I loved that technique!
The macadamias dipped in white chocolate sound so interesting! These are great to give as gifts.
Oh it is so tasty! Starbucks sometimes has them – although these were better!
Alice, your Biscotti look delicious and pretty and you are right, they make great gifts and I noticed that people love receiving them and enjoy them with a good cup of coffee or tea!
heck yes!! And the possibilities are endless so you can get as crazy as you like!
I love biscotti.. and think it’s great that you’ve made such a pretty little batch in your kitchen!! If I had time today, I’d do the same!! xo
Thanks! I hope you get around to it!
Looking great! I know your hubby and his co-workers will just love these!
Yes, I think these will be a hit, for sure!
Yours look lovely. Lucky husband.
Thanks!!
Macadamia nuts and hazelnuts! Awesome!! What a great holiday idea to make them into shapes. Sounds like they’ll be a hit!
I think it would be fun, they would have to be pressed down to be really thin so they dont puff up too much cuz it would be hard to cut them in half but I’m thinking it would be really neat!
Lovely job! I think this recipe was almost universally loved.
Yes, I can’t imagine too many of us were going to “not like” this recipe!
I like that your biscotti are such nice chunky slices and the combination of the two nuts is a great idea.
Thanks!
I like the combination of two nuts together in biscotti, I think it makes it taste much more rich than just one on its own.
they were an easy recipe.
the combination of nuts is a good idea. I just went with the recipe. will have to be more adventurous next time. 
I thought so too!
I like the addition of macadamia nuts as well!
They were yummy!
They did make the house smell amazing didn’t they
oh yeah!
Mmmmm….I want some of yours dipped in white chocolate!!!
They were pretty decent!
I brought most of my biscotti to my co-workers and I’m still regretting it! I wish I had more of these to eat, I loved them. Yours came out beautifully – nice and thin and perfectly golden.
Thanks! Yes, at least they were really easy to whip up!