My Italian grandmother and aunts made biscotti all my growing up years into my adulthood. I have been making biscotti for many years now. Our recipe has anise extract and slivered almonds. I have experimented through the years, and I like vanilla and crushed walnut biscotti better than the anise biscotti. Today I'm going to try cardamon, vanilla, crushed walnut biscotti. I love watching your videos. You have such a pleasant way about yourself! You brighten my day!
Fun fact: in Italy we call these "cantucci" (kan-too-ceeh). We call biscotti (bis-koh-ttee) every type of biscuits. Also, biscotti literally means "baked twice" (bis-twice, cotti-cooked).
@@sweetangiegirl1 So good! I can't believe I've never made it before. I added almonds and vanilla extract, too. Next time I want to add cranberries and drizzle chocolate over them 😋😍
Those are my favorite, that was my breakfast on the go with coffee or tea. I can’t really eat anything first thing in the morning and these were always easy on my stomach to eat.
The Italians I’m related to also enjoy anise. Not personally a fan of anise because it reminds me of German chocolates, which are disgusting due to too much anise, but may be good
PEEERFECT! We give you a perfect 10. We followed your recipe exactly but used the Gluten free 1- to-1 flour and Ener-G baking powder to avoid the use of baking powder (which can mess up our kidneys because it's sodium bicarbonate). It turned out PERFECT 😊. Now my little one is willing to eat the zwieback (twice baked in German) breads that I make😁. Thank you very much. By the way I used the flaxseed "eggs" and coconut palm sugar since we are total plant based. They did turn out a little brown because of the coconut plam sugar, but it was delicious all the same.😊
I’ve made this about 3 times, it is amazing! I ran out of vanilla and almond extract, but if you don’t use it it’ll smell eggy. Really suggest the extracts. You can also just knead it in the bowl, no need to get your counter messy!
I never realized how EASY it is to make biscotti! BTW... I never use a mixer, just throw everything into one bowl and mix by hand . So easy, less mess-clean up. They come out beautifully! Thanks for the perfect recipe John! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
I absolutely love biscotti! It’s such a lovely treat. Besides almonds, I love aniseed and pumpkin seeds. All 3 at once, 1 and a time, or any combination is lovely. I also coat an edge in very dark chocolate.
I remember making these a lot (without the nuts) when the children were small. I used them as teething biscuits. Sometimes I double baked sticks of banana bread. I always dipped the bottoms of some in dark chocolate for me. You have been a godsend during quarantine. So many of your savory recipes are delicious.
Made the biscotti from your recipe this morning. I will proudly brag, but these are the BEST biscotti I've ever made. Once they cool down, I will hide half of them because they will be devoured by evening. Thank you ❤
Just made it and it is delicious! I used less granulated sugar and less almonds. Used a pinch more brown sugar and added dried cranberries. delicious...Thank you so much for your amazingly easy to follow recipes and videos, I am sure it is a lot of work.
Great recipe! Biscotti actually is defined as "twice baked (or cooked)". BIS meaning twice, and COCTUM meaning baked or cooked. I love words, especially when referring to cooking! Suggestion: dried tart cherry and almond, dipped in white chocolate! OMG Now knowing you taught Geometry, makes sense your presentations for cooking! You were probably a very well liked teacher!
Thank you for all the love you put in the world! You seem so tired lately, I hope you are doing. Don’t forget to take care of yourself. I’m praying for you. I know it’s hard sometimes with a full work load and little ones at home. I hope this encouragement helps. :)
Ingredients from the website: ▢ 2 cups all-purpose flour 240g ▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar 150g, plus more for sprinkling ▢ ¼ cup almond meal 25g ▢ 1½ teaspoons baking powder ▢ ¼ teaspoon kosher salt ▢ 2 large eggs ▢ 4 tablespoons salted butter 57g, melted ▢ ½ teaspoon almond extract ▢ ½ cup almonds slivered ▢ 1 large egg lightly beaten or 1 tablespoon cream
I just made my Grandmother's Biscotti the other week. I personally like mine "undercooked" and soft (but cooked enough to where it is safe). Traditional hard-biscotti is not my cup of tea. I usually only bake once.. Anise oil/extract is amazing
@@jemamarron114 I’ll tell you what I do. Preheat to 350 and bake for 30-45 mins (or til brown around edges). To the touch it will be hard and solid. Let cool on baking tray until completely cool. Cut with bread knife (serrated knife) and it should be perfect!
@@jemamarron114 and if it’s too doughy when you cut, you can always put it back in the oven for your liking. It crisps up quickly (so make sure you watch the oven).
I pronounce it the same way you do!! But when my biscotti is done and it’s cool I dip the long edge into a dark chocolate and let it set and when I dip that into my coffee it’s pure Bliss. ☕️ 🥰
i used a serrated knife and it broke a bunch a pieces until i switched over to a flat knife and just pushed straight down. it worked, they all came perfectly after that
I also add add dried cherries and/or dried blueberries (soaked in boiling water or boiling o.j ) and let them soak for 20 min and add to batter with liquid also I don't knead the dough I divide dough in two and just scoop it on the b. Sheet trust me it works..
This is a traditional morrocan treat that is made with pieces of toasted almonds that's called fakas. It one of the oldest morrocan treat that goes with morrocan mint tea. 😊😊
I tried this recipe and measured everything as exact as I could (I used heavy cream to coat before baking). On tasting the crumbly bits from the first bake, the 1/4 tsp of salt was too much and I could tell my biscotti was annoyingly salty. It also had an overly strong almond flavor from the 1.5 tsp extract. My solutions would be to use a VERY TINY pinch of salt and to use 1.25 tsp of almond extract. EDIT: The saltiness was a lot less noticeable after the second bake and even tasted complimentary. The almond flavor was also not as strong (I suspect some of it cooked off in the second bake) and had a really nice taste. My biscotti ended up being REALLY GOOD. While I still might tone down the measurements of these two ingredients, I have no problems with the original recipe.
Pronunciation take it from this italian, I'm going to spell it out phonetically Bish-gaut. My favorite add-in to make biscotti is fresh grated orange peel! And lastly I simply love watching your work! I have made many of your recipes and they always turn out just right. Keep up the great work!
Just a tip from a very italian subscriber: these are amazing with Vin santo, wich is a very sweet italian white wine. And if you want to learn more just look up Cantucci or cantuccini P.s you pronuntiation is very good, don‘t worry😉💕
I like to experiment with my biscotti. Some of my favorites that I've made are: ginger, dipped in white chocolate Cardamom, with or without the almonds Chocolate chips, with vanilla extract instead of almond.
WoW! we have cookies like it in Morocco, we call it fakkas meaning crackers! The dough is left to rest for an entire night to have a smooth glassy surface and a very light crispy texture in the middle.
I usually have my biscotti with straight up black tea, no milk, no sugar. So to enhance the pairing, I'd love to have biscotti with a hint of lemon and slightly on the sweet side. They pair so smoothly together.
i make them with dried cherries, orange extract, and recently have been adding coconut chips or extract. i have another one i like to make with dried blueberries, lemon extract and orange extract
You were a geometry teacher? I had a geometry teacher once. He was a nice geometry teacher. Even when he walked in on the snowball war I had started in class. Ahhh...my teen years...
Lovely fabulous presentation and love the pronununced P on crisp. I would suggest just rolling into logs. The dough will spread out a bit. Then slice on the diagonal. I've also just tried adding orange zest and dried cranberries. I will try this one with butter as it's a bit different.
I sometimes feel you're reading my mind with these recipes. I want to make something and it just comes right up on my feed! AND I think we have the same baking sheet.
Great video! I have heard waiting longer till it is completely cooled after the first bake helps prevent it breaking while you cut them. It worked for me!
Another good recipe to definitely try. I love your recipes. I would definitely add cranberries to one batch and maybe dip the other batch in dark chocolate. Yum!!!
I already made the recipe and it is very delicious!! the name of the cookies is "canttucci di mandorle" but the name biscotti it's ok as well, biscotti means “twice-cooked”.
My Italian grandmother and aunts made biscotti all my growing up years into my adulthood. I have been making biscotti for many years now. Our recipe has anise extract and slivered almonds. I have experimented through the years, and I like vanilla and crushed walnut biscotti better than the anise biscotti. Today I'm going to try cardamon, vanilla, crushed walnut biscotti. I love watching your videos. You have such a pleasant way about yourself! You brighten my day!
You’re have such a pleasing personality as mentioned above as if you can brighten anyone’s day.
I love how he just gets into the recipe instead of talking for like five minutes and then doing the recipe
Fun fact: in Italy we call these "cantucci" (kan-too-ceeh). We call biscotti (bis-koh-ttee) every type of biscuits. Also, biscotti literally means "baked twice" (bis-twice, cotti-cooked).
I like adding orange zest and dried cranberries along with the slivered almonds. Always only during my great Christmas bake. Divine!
Yesss to everything with orange zest!!
I just like adding a small few chocolate chips or a little melted chocolate on top but I never had it with my tea
I'm making biscotti for the 1st time right now and I added some lemon 🍋 zest.
@@westcoastlass How did it turn out?
@@sweetangiegirl1 So good! I can't believe I've never made it before. I added almonds and vanilla extract, too. Next time I want to add cranberries and drizzle chocolate over them 😋😍
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"Whisk whisk whisk"
"This stuff is so tasty to eat as is"
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If you dont hear atleast one of them is it even one of johns video?
Deepa Gupta don’t forget “just by the by”
And “don’t forget to scrape the bottom”. 😂😂
This recipe will be done before you know, so lets get started
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And “by the by”
I’m Italian. It’s pronounced bis caught tee. We make tons and tons of these. Normally flavored with anise and aniseeds. My personal favorite.
That sounds so good!
My favorite, too. I might not be Italian, but this is the ones I bake most.
Those are my favorite, that was my breakfast on the go with coffee or tea. I can’t really eat anything first thing in the morning and these were always easy on my stomach to eat.
"Biscotti" simply means cookies (plural)...
What he made is a particular type of cookie from Tuscany called "cantuccio"(plural "cantucci").
The Italians I’m related to also enjoy anise. Not personally a fan of anise because it reminds me of German chocolates, which are disgusting due to too much anise, but may be good
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Sooo crunchy!
I just love his voice
Lol so soothing
Sameeee lol
Me 2
I just love his face
Sameee
What did the intergalactic cookie say to the other intergalactic cookie?
*Beam me up biscotti.*
😂 this joke is so funny to me lol
That riddle put a smile😊 on my face.
Nice
@@PreppyKitchen where is your anise?
PEEERFECT! We give you a perfect 10. We followed your recipe exactly but used the Gluten free 1- to-1 flour and Ener-G baking powder to avoid the use of baking powder (which can mess up our kidneys because it's sodium bicarbonate). It turned out PERFECT 😊. Now my little one is willing to eat the zwieback (twice baked in German) breads that I make😁. Thank you very much. By the way I used the flaxseed "eggs" and coconut palm sugar since we are total plant based. They did turn out a little brown because of the coconut plam sugar, but it was delicious all the same.😊
I’ve made this about 3 times, it is amazing! I ran out of vanilla and almond extract, but if you don’t use it it’ll smell eggy. Really suggest the extracts. You can also just knead it in the bowl, no need to get your counter messy!
I like making lemon biscotti with a white chocolate drizzle, perfect for tea or snack time.
I made a pumpkin biscotti that was so yummy!
How much lemon? Is it juice, extract, or zest? I ❤️🍋!!
Pumpkin biscotti sounds amazing!
Just finished the biscottis and they came out incredible. Thanks John. Your recipes always are a big hit at our home.
I never realized how EASY it is to make biscotti! BTW... I never use a mixer, just throw everything into one bowl and mix by hand . So easy, less mess-clean up. They come out beautifully! Thanks for the perfect recipe John! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
In Greece our most popular biscotti is anise biscotti. Super yummy.
I absolutely love biscotti! It’s such a lovely treat. Besides almonds, I love aniseed and pumpkin seeds. All 3 at once, 1 and a time, or any combination is lovely. I also coat an edge in very dark chocolate.
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He's always smiling it's wonderful making me smile 😊
The kitchen is my happy place.
Your is a booster for everyone who is watching your channel🙂🙂
I remember making these a lot (without the nuts) when the children were small. I used them as teething biscuits. Sometimes I double baked sticks of banana bread. I always dipped the bottoms of some in dark chocolate for me. You have been a godsend during quarantine. So many of your savory recipes are delicious.
I would have never thought to use those as teething biscuits. Great idea!
Made the biscotti from your recipe this morning. I will proudly brag, but these are the BEST biscotti I've ever made. Once they cool down, I will hide half of them because they will be devoured by evening. Thank you ❤
Just made it and it is delicious! I used less granulated sugar and less almonds. Used a pinch more brown sugar and added dried cranberries. delicious...Thank you so much for your amazingly easy to follow recipes and videos, I am sure it is a lot of work.
crystalized ginger and white chocolate - with or without cranberries - my fave
Omg wow that sounds amazing
First time making biscotti and it turned out perfect! Thanks for the awesome recipe
Great recipe! Biscotti actually is defined as "twice baked (or cooked)".
BIS meaning twice, and COCTUM meaning baked or cooked.
I love words, especially when referring to cooking!
Suggestion: dried tart cherry and almond, dipped in white chocolate! OMG
Now knowing you taught Geometry, makes sense your presentations for cooking! You were probably a very well liked teacher!
These are my favorite cookies! I like to use anise seed, anise extract, and a 50/50 mix of sliced almonds and hazel nuts, pre-browned in the oven.
Tried the recipe and it’s delish! I made mine with dried cranberries and candied orange peel 👌🏻
John using SALTED BUTTER?!? Never thought I'd see the day! Hahaha!
We were shocked too! 😆
IKR he even put emphasis on that when he said it 😳
His voice is so relaxing and his recipes are 😋😋😋
I just found out today I tested positive for Covid 19. This is just what I need to brighten my day
Take care of yourself!
I absolutely love adding white chocolate, cranberries, and orange peel. It's divine
Thank you for all the love you put in the world! You seem so tired lately, I hope you are doing. Don’t forget to take care of yourself. I’m praying for you. I know it’s hard sometimes with a full work load and little ones at home. I hope this encouragement helps. :)
Ingredients from the website:
▢ 2 cups all-purpose flour 240g
▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar 150g, plus more for sprinkling
▢ ¼ cup almond meal 25g
▢ 1½ teaspoons baking powder
▢ ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
▢ 2 large eggs
▢ 4 tablespoons salted butter 57g, melted
▢ ½ teaspoon almond extract
▢ ½ cup almonds slivered
▢ 1 large egg lightly beaten or 1 tablespoon cream
We currently live in Italy and they actually call those “cantuccio/cantucci (plural)”. Biscotti is their general term for cookies.
Oh wow this recipe turned out amazing! Thank you so much! The smell in the house while baking was also awesome I could barely wait to have one!!!!
I LOVE a good biscotti! Especially with some coffee or tea. These look delicious! I like to add orange zest and dried cramberries to mine.
Yum, love that combination!
Pistachios and cranberries are my favorite
Hi John, today I tried your caramel recipe at home, it was nearly perfect 👌 Thanks a lot 😉
I have as well, it's wonderful
My favorite is pistachios and lemon. I brush glaze before second bake , yummy
I just made my Grandmother's Biscotti the other week. I personally like mine "undercooked" and soft (but cooked enough to where it is safe). Traditional hard-biscotti is not my cup of tea. I usually only bake once.. Anise oil/extract is amazing
Is it like a chewy cookie cuz I want to try it like that now
@@jemamarron114 the outside is hard but the inside is like a cookie consistency. You get more flavor, I think.
@@AppleBottomJ oh is there a recipe on how to bale it to that consistency
@@jemamarron114 I’ll tell you what I do. Preheat to 350 and bake for 30-45 mins (or til brown around edges). To the touch it will be hard and solid. Let cool on baking tray until completely cool. Cut with bread knife (serrated knife) and it should be perfect!
@@jemamarron114 and if it’s too doughy when you cut, you can always put it back in the oven for your liking. It crisps up quickly (so make sure you watch the oven).
We love your recipes chef❤ you inspire us with each video to keep growing😝
You guys are doing great🤩
Well you are getting inspired by the best of the best!
Thank you so much 😃
I pronounce it the same way you do!! But when my biscotti is done and it’s cool I dip the long edge into a dark chocolate and let it set and when I dip that into my coffee it’s pure Bliss. ☕️ 🥰
I experimented with chopped up dry figs and it was delightful!
i used a serrated knife and it broke a bunch a pieces until i switched over to a flat knife and just pushed straight down. it worked, they all came perfectly after that
I also add add dried cherries and/or dried blueberries (soaked in boiling water or boiling o.j ) and let them soak for 20 min and add to batter with liquid also I don't knead the dough I divide dough in two and just scoop it on the b. Sheet trust me it works..
Excellent recipe I put dough in fridge for half an hour easier to form in to rectangular shape
this recipe was sooooo amazing! its crunchy and those parts with the almonds -ahhhh- amazing! really suggest to try it out! always comes out perfect!
Your videos are so wonderful and relaxing, they’re like a warm hug!!
Pro tip: dip them in wine. If you can find it use Vin Santo
(Or use a red wine that is a little bit sweet)
Wait, I love this tip!
@@PreppyKitchen and I love that you share an Italian recipe!
Ps:The pronunciation is pretty good
But the actual name is Cantucci (accent on the u)
This is how I eat my biscot! Thought I was being weird.
Cinnamon Vanilla, Funfetti, almond strawberry shortcake, Classic chocolate
I made this today and my family LOVED it! Thank you so much! I'm obsessed with your videos!
John, your description is so on point that I can actually smell and taste these! 💓
This is a traditional morrocan treat that is made with pieces of toasted almonds that's called fakas. It one of the oldest morrocan treat that goes with morrocan mint tea. 😊😊
I truly love when he uploads , I don’t care what I’m doing I stop just to click like on your uploads 💖
I truly love this man. He puts the recipe in grams too. 🥰🥰🥰
I tried this recipe and measured everything as exact as I could (I used heavy cream to coat before baking). On tasting the crumbly bits from the first bake, the 1/4 tsp of salt was too much and I could tell my biscotti was annoyingly salty. It also had an overly strong almond flavor from the 1.5 tsp extract.
My solutions would be to use a VERY TINY pinch of salt and to use 1.25 tsp of almond extract.
EDIT: The saltiness was a lot less noticeable after the second bake and even tasted complimentary. The almond flavor was also not as strong (I suspect some of it cooked off in the second bake) and had a really nice taste. My biscotti ended up being REALLY GOOD. While I still might tone down the measurements of these two ingredients, I have no problems with the original recipe.
Awesome thx!
No words for recipe. Me and my wife tried and our kids loved it! Thanks a ton.
hi I have watched your videos for a very long time! I have made a lot of your recipes and they were all a success! I cant wait to try this one!!
Hi Audree! Thank you so much for following along and Happy Baking!!!
I love your recipe. My biscotti turned out Great 👍 Thank you
I made your recipe. That came out soooooo good. They were perfect. Thank you ♡
Pronunciation take it from this italian, I'm going to spell it out phonetically
Bish-gaut.
My favorite add-in to make biscotti is fresh grated orange peel! And lastly I simply love watching your work! I have made many of your recipes and they always turn out just right. Keep up the great work!
I love the way you say Crisp! It makes it sound like fall! I bet these are better than the stale brick like ones that haunt the cafes....
"Cantucci" from Tuscany ;)
Just a tip from a very italian subscriber: these are amazing with Vin santo, wich is a very sweet italian white wine. And if you want to learn more just look up Cantucci or cantuccini
P.s you pronuntiation is very good, don‘t worry😉💕
I like to experiment with my biscotti.
Some of my favorites that I've made are:
ginger, dipped in white chocolate
Cardamom, with or without the almonds
Chocolate chips, with vanilla extract instead of almond.
You had me at, “Hello”.
I like pistachio, cocoa powder and orange zest.
WoW! we have cookies like it in Morocco, we call it fakkas meaning crackers! The dough is left to rest for an entire night to have a smooth glassy surface and a very light crispy texture in the middle.
Excellent recipe! I tried it for the first time!
(3:19) LOVE the Yul Brynner Moment!!!!
Some of my faves: white chocolate cranberry, lemon & dried blueberries, lemon & basil, dried pear & bleu cheese!
I would definitely add Anise seed or anise extract.. Also I would bake the cut pieces 5-6 minutes, then flip and bake again for another 5-6 minutes..
I am making this for the first time added a little Rose essence and some dried Rose buds, along with the almonds and almond extract
Cherry Almond biscotti, add a splash of amaretto, delicious
Fun fact:- We’ve never seen him without a check print shirt
I- I just realized this 😶😶damn but he’s still amazing
I like cranberries and pistachios with orange extract. Yum. Thank you for this video!
I usually have my biscotti with straight up black tea, no milk, no sugar. So to enhance the pairing, I'd love to have biscotti with a hint of lemon and slightly on the sweet side. They pair so smoothly together.
I made this two nights ago, my son loved it, but all gone, so im making it again. my son said those were more delicious than store bought😊😍
i make them with dried cherries, orange extract, and recently have been adding coconut chips or extract. i have another one i like to make with dried blueberries, lemon extract and orange extract
Oh yum! Looks good John, I expect nothing less than a delicious recipe from you!! 😁
I love adding a hint of licorice flavor with anise in my biscotti
Love your videos never stop!
You were a geometry teacher? I had a geometry teacher once. He was a nice geometry teacher. Even when he walked in on the snowball war I had started in class. Ahhh...my teen years...
just made this and it came out perfectly💛💛
I add an additional egg yolk to make them not quite so "hard". My favorite combos are mocha hazelnut or cranberry/pistachio.
I love the way he explains everything ❤️❤️
Lovely fabulous presentation and love the pronununced P on crisp. I would suggest just rolling into logs. The dough will spread out a bit. Then slice on the diagonal. I've also just tried adding orange zest and dried cranberries. I will try this one with butter as it's a bit different.
Made these tonight. So delicious. Loved them, definitely will be making again!
Ay esos son los favoritos de mi abuelita, nunca me dice dónde los compra. Ahora la voy a sorprender yo 🥰 Gracias
Chocolate and pistachio is amazing!
I sometimes feel you're reading my mind with these recipes. I want to make something and it just comes right up on my feed! AND I think we have the same baking sheet.
I just made some right now and they’re amazing and so easy to make!!!
Best Recipe! Everyone loved my Biscotti
Great video! I have heard waiting longer till it is completely cooled after the first bake helps prevent it breaking while you cut them. It worked for me!
I love cranberry almond with orange...yum yum
Another good recipe to definitely try. I love your recipes. I would definitely add cranberries to one batch and maybe dip the other batch in dark chocolate. Yum!!!
I already made the recipe and it is very delicious!! the name of the cookies is "canttucci di mandorle" but the name biscotti it's ok as well, biscotti means “twice-cooked”.
I make a biscotti for Christmas with orange zest, cranberries, and pistachios. It’s one of my husband’s favorite treats.
I love that man with his cooking and all his recipes are so simple.
Biscotti are my FAV!
Awww yum! You never cease to disappoint with your recipes John🥰
So who's gonna tell them👀