Hot Chocolate Chestnut Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup hot chocolate powder
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon kahlua
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup spelt flour
• 1/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 100 g finely chopped roasted chestnuts (about 3/4 cup)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream sugar, hot chocolate mix, butter, egg , vanilla and kahlua until well blended.
• 3 add flours, baking powder, allspice, pepper and salt, beating in well.
• 4 by hand, fold in the chestnuts.
• 5 shape dough into a 12” log and place on a lined cookie sheet. flatten to 1” thick.
• 6 bake 30 minutes. cool 15 minutes.
• 7 cut diagonally into 16 slices.
• 8 place slices, cut sides down, on the baking sheet.
• 9 bake 5 minutes, then flip and bake 5 minutes more.
• 10 cool completely on wire rack.