Chocolate Apricot Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar,
• 2 large eggs
• 3 ounces chocolate, baker, melted
• 2 3/4-3 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange rind
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 ounces chocolate, baker, chopped
• 3/4 cup almonds, whole coarsley chopped, toasted
• 3/4 cup dried apricot, coarsley chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat butter, sugar and eggs together in large bowl.
• 3 add in melted, cooled chocolate.
• 4 add all remaining ingredients making sure to blend well.
• 5 dough will probably be sticky.
• 6 grease and flour 2 cookie sheets.
• 7 spoon half of the cookie dough evenly onto both cookie sheets and shape into a long wide log.
• 8 bake for 30 minutes then cool for 10 minutes.
• 9 cut into 3/4" wide slices.
• 10 return cookies back to sheet and cook another 20 minutes, making sure to turn cookies once during last baking.
• 11 cool and store in covered container.