---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Chocolate Biscotti
 Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Biscotti
      Yield: 2 dozen
 
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      4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
    1/2 c  Butter
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract
      3 lg Eggs
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
      3 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts Baking powder
      1 c  Hazelnuts or walnuts; chop
      1    Egg white; lightly beaten
 
  Melt chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over low
  heat. Beat eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer
  until frothy; gradually add sugar, beating until thick
  and pale (about 5 minutes). Add chocolate mixture,
  stirring until blended. Combine flour and baking
  powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in nuts.
  Flour hands, and form dough into a 13" log. Place on a
  lightly greased baking sheet. Brush with egg white.
  Bake at 350F for 45 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Cut
  log with a serrated knife crosswise into 24 (1/2-inch)
  slices, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake
  at 350F for 10 minutes on each side. Remove to wire
  racks to cool.
 
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