these make lovely gifts with a mug filled with homemade coffee blends.
1 lb. butter
2 C. sugar
4 eggs
4 C. flour
1 C. cocoa, sifted
2 C. pistachios, toasted and roughly chopped
3 C. chocolate chunks
1 C. pistachios, finely chopped
1 C. sugar
Cream the butter and 2 C. sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Blend well. Add flour and cocoa. Mix until just blended. Add the 2 C. pistachios and chocolate chunks. Mix well and divide into 2 pieces.
Toss together the remaining sugar and 1 C. pistachios. Spread it out a piece of wax paper. Roll each piece of dough in the mixture and form a log, about 2 inches in diameter.
Bake at 350° F. until dry to the touch, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
Cut 1/2 inch slices on the diagonal. Lay each biscotti on a baking sheet. Rebake at 300° F. for about 10 minutes.
Makes about 25 biscotti.