Cinnamon Hazelnut Biscotti

The thought of buying a little chunk of biscotti at Starbucks hurts my feelings, especially when I know how easy it is to make. I am going to share this recipe I used that I discovered on the back of a bag of hazelnuts.

Ingredients 

• 3/4 butter 
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs 
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour 
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup hazelnuts 

Directions

Before you start, preheat the oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper for easy clean up. 

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Crack eggs into separate bowl (you don't want shells in your biscotti ya turkey) and add to large bowl with vanilla.

Whisk (or sift) the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Combine with the mixture in the large bowl. Add in those delicious hazelnuts.

Use clean hands to mix everything together. Shape the dough that you have created into two equal logs that are about 12 inches long. Put onto cookie sheet and flatten until they are half an inch thick.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about five minutes, or until the logs are cool enough to touch. Place one loaf on a cutting board and cut into 1/2 inch slices.

Return the slices to the cookie sheet. Bake on one side for 5 minutes and then turn them over and bake for another 5 minutes on the other side.

Let them cool completely and enjoy with tea, coffee, hot chocolate or be like me and eat them just by themselves. Store in an airtight container.