Marbled Biscotti Recipe

Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray by Maria Bruscino Sanchez

Feb 6, 2009 Liliana Tommasini

Marbled biscotti are one of many delectable cookies in The Italian Cookie Tray. Chocolate and vanilla doughs are intertwined for a marbled effect.

Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray

Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray by Maria Bruscino Sanchez is a collection of delicious traditional Italian cookie recipes perfect for any occasion. Maria Bruscino Sanchez also owns Sweet Maria's Bakery where she and her family bake delectable cookies, cakes and pastries.

The Marbled Biscotti Recipe listed below is sure to please both the chocolate and vanilla cookie lovers.

Marbled Biscotti Recipe

For those who can’t decide on chocolate or vanilla, choose both! Making this dough is like making two different doughs at once. It can be a messy process, but great fun. Just don’t be afraid to get your hand dirty. – Maria Bruscino Sanchez

Ingredients:

7 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
¼ cup milk
¼ (1/2 cup) pound butter, melted
3 tsp baking powder
4 ½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa

Method:

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In an electric mixer, mix 5 of the eggs, sugar and vanilla until well blended. Add milk and melted butter. Mix well.
Divide the egg mixture in half, placing each half in a medium mixing bowl. This will be about 1 ½ cups of the egg mixture per bowl.
To make the vanilla portion of the marble biscotti, add 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder and 2 ¼ cups of flour to one of the egg mixtures. Mix until blended. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead to make soft dough. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and set aside.
To make the chocolate portion of the marble biscotti, add 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder, ¾ cup cocoa, and 2 ¼ cups flour to the remaining egg mixture. Mix with a wooden spoon. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until well blended. This will give soft dough similar to the vanilla portion.
Divide the chocolate dough into four equal pieces. Divide the vanilla dough into four equal pieces. Roll each piece into a cylinder about 12 inches long. Take one vanilla and one chocolate cylinder and twist around each other. Knead this piece for just a minute to give it a two-tone look. Form a loaf with this marbled dough about 12 inches long.
Repeat the marbling process with the remaining dough for a total of four loaves.
Place the loaves on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spacing them about 3 inches apart.
In a small bowl, beat remaining egg. Brush the tops of the loaves with the egg, using a pastry brush.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Remove cookie sheet from the oven.
Remove loaves, using two metal spatulas, onto a wire rack for cooling. When cool, place the loaves on a cutting board. Cut each loaf into ½- inch-wide diagonal slices.
Place slices on cookie sheet and return to the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Store cookies in an airtight container.

Yields: 48 cookies.

Recommended desserts for St. Valentine's Day:

Marbled Biscotti from SWEET MARIA’S ITALIAN COOKIE TRAY, by Maria Bruscino Sanchez..

Sweet Maria's Italian Cookie Tray
Softcover,116 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, LLC
ISBN 0-312-15670-7
Author: Maria Bruscino Sanchez
Price: $13.95US/$18.99CAN

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