My brother left today and I was in no mood for a sticky finicky dough. It all started with vague directions to beat eggs until a "ribbon-like trail" holds on the surface as you raise the whisk. Are we wrapping Christmas presents or making biscotti? Could Martha give us just an approximation of the time it takes for this Hansel and Gretel ribbon trail? I whisked for 8 minutes and still no ribbon. I literally poured the dough into three grotesque looking logs which were slowly spreading off the baking sheet. I rushed them to the oven for 22 min and let them cool for 10 (no patience to wait 20 min today), cut and baked again on wire rack for 10. The other two biscottis used butter, these freaks of nature did not. With the other two the temperature was dropped to 300 before rebaking on wire tray, these were baked at same 350 for 10 min. I was starting to feel more like the Roberto Benini of Biscotti.
Somehow from this mess came the most delicious crispy, nutty, chocolaty cookie.
Life is beautiful.
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