Creations Chocolate Almond Biscotti
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Serves: 36 servings
Sophisticated Italian coffee time treats - made easy! Enjoy the sweet, nutty and chocolatey hard crunch any time of the day.
Ingredients
For the Biscotti
500g Snowflake Creations Chocolate Brownie Mix
300ml Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour
4 extra large eggs
120g flaked almonds
160g dried fruit of your choice (optional)
For the icing
1 baking chocolate sachet
1 fondant icing mix sachet
20ml water
Method
- First bake the biscotti...
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Combine brownie mix and flour
- Add eggs to the dry ingredients and mix, then add flaked almond nuts and fruit and mix through
- Dust hands with flour. Make two log shapes on a greased baking tray with a large space between the two
- Bake for about 20–30 minutes
- Cut the loaf into diagonal slices while hot
- Dry the biscotti in the oven for 8 hours at 60°C
- ... then add the fondant mix
- Slowly melt baking chocolate in a bowl over simmering water
- Add water to fondant icing mix and mix until smooth
- Pour icing mixture into melted chocolate and stir until combined, then immediately drizzle hot chocolate mixture over biscotti
