This week I made a batch of Nutella biscotti cookies after buying a jar of Nutella on sale at the grocery store. Spreadable chocolate and hazelnut spread is hard to resist when you are a chocoholic like me!
For breakfast we alternate between raspberry jam, peanut butter and Nutella here at maison Phelps, since buying them all at the same time would result in a rise in cavities and love handles.
I like chocolate, he likes peanut butter and we both love St. Dalfour’s raspberry jam on top of warm and buttery bread. Compromising on spreads for bread makes a happy couple even happier!
Breakfast in our home also means having a big pot of coffee ready to drink first thing in the morning. And what better than Nutella biscotti cookies to dip into our favorite caffeinated beverage.
They soak up the coffee and taste like mochaccino treats – delicious!
Little prep work is required and you don’t have to be a professional baker to make Nutella biscotti cookies. I consider myself somewhat mediocre at baking (although I am slowly getting better at it 🙂 ) and I can tell you that this is a no fail recipe.
Just pay attention to the baking time since every oven is different. If you notice the Nutella biscotti cookies getting too dark in color, take them out of the oven earlier than the recipe calls for and they will be just as delicious!
Other easy and tasty desserts that pair well with tea and coffee: blueberry matcha roll cake, gluten-free peanut butter and jam cookies and olive oil, honey and apple cake.
Nutella Biscotti Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 12 biscottis 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
These Nutella BIscotti Cookies are sweet, crunchy and crumbly! Dip them in milk, coffee or tea for the perfect afternoon snack! This is a very easy and simple recipe you’ll be making again and again!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons Nutella
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Whisk all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk in Nutella, egg yolks and egg.
- Add dry ingredients and walnuts to the Nutella and egg mix and work the mixture with your hands for about 1 to 2 minutes, until it comes together – it should be a slightly sticky dough ball.
- Divide the dough in half and place them on a piece of parchment paper. Flatten and shape each piece into a rectangular loaf, about 2 inches high.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes and lower heat to 275ºF.
- Slice the loaves into half and inch thick pieces and place the pieces back on the parchment paper.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Turn the heat off and take the biscotti out of the oven. Let cool to room temperature before eating.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 158
- Sugar: 15.3 g
- Sodium: 9.8 mg
- Fat: 4.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 0.7 g
- Protein: 3.1 g
- Cholesterol: 46.9 mg
To make a gluten free version of this, would you just change the flour?
Hi Amy, I would think you would only need to change the flour but since I’m not too familiar with the consistency of gluten free flour once it’s baked, I can’t say for sure that it would work well… I know it works fine for cakes but I’m not sure about biscotti 🙁
The directions say to flatten and shape each log into a rectangular form about 2 inches high. Is the 2 inches correct or should it be thinner?
Thanks!
Hi Jan, 2 inches is correct but you can make them thinner if you prefer them that way. You would have to keep an eye on them though as they might bake faster 🙂
Lady Caroline! I am in love with this recipe! I’ve never been a big fan of biscotti but coffee and nutella!?!? I cannot wait to try these as a mochaccino just has to be the most comforting beverage in the world to me. I think the only thing better would be an acceptable biscotti to dip in a glass of wine! 😉 Thanks for sharing!
Liz, if you ever publish a biscotti that pairs nicely with a glass of wine, I demand to know about it stat! 🙂