CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Chocolate dough: In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa. Set aside.
• 3. Cream together butter and sugar.
• 4. Add eggs one at a time; mixing well after each addition.
• 5. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture at a time to the creamed mixture mixing well after each addition.
• 6. The dough will be stiff.
• 7. For peanut butter dough: In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• 8. Cream together peanut butter and sugar.
• 9. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
• 10. Mix in 1/3 of flour mixture at a time, mixing well after each addition. Note: You may not have to add all of the flour. Dough will be dry.
• 11. If it is too dry and crumbly, knead in a tablespoon (more or less) of water until the dough just comes together.
• 12. Divide both the chocolate and the peanut butter dough into 2 equal halves.
• 13. On a floured surface (I use cocoa), shape half of the chocolate dough into a flat rectangle, about 15 inches long and 5 inches wide.
• 14. Shape peanut butter dough into a log, a little shorter than the chocolate log, and about 2-3 inches wide.
• 15. Place in the middle of the chocolate log and gently fold the chocolate dough up over the peanut butter dough.
• 16. You want to wrap the peanut butter dough completely with the chocolate dough. Repeat with the other dough.
• 17. Place the 2 logs on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• 18. Flatten slightly. You want a log about 15 inches long, 4 inches wide and 1 - 1 1/2 inches high.
• 19. Bake 30 - 35 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
• 20. Remove from oven to a cooling rack and cool for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• 21. Slice diagonally into 1/2" - 3/4" slices.
• 22. Place slices on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake a second time for 20-25 minutes.
• 23. Remove from baking sheet to a cooling rack and cool completely.
• 24. Melt coating chocolate according to package directions.
• 25. Coat one side of cooled biscotti with the chocolate.
• 26. Allow to set. (If you prefer, you could drizzle the chocolate over the biscotti.)