Soooo…hey there.
Remember me?
I’m that one girl who started a food blog, said whatever random thought came to my head, showed you some pretty sweet recipes, but then fell off the face of the earth?
Remember me now?
**insert crickets here**
Remember me now?
**insert crickets here**
Well, I guess that’s what happens when you fall of the earth’s face, now doesn’t it?
There is totally a reason I went dark.
I went out & became one of those fancy-shmancy bakers…like, for realsies.
But once I hit a creative wall, I decided to pack up my chef’s coat & go back to what I loved most:
Doing things my own way with my very own baking gig & gettin’ all kinds of creative with it.Now I’m back with a couple of nifty tricks up my coat sleeve &
I’m wielding a mean a** biscotti.
CHURCH.
Soooo…this may NOT be the best way to start this blog but can I just begin by saying that I never really liked biscotti?
But once I hit a creative wall, I decided to pack up my chef’s coat & go back to what I loved most:
Doing things my own way with my very own baking gig & gettin’ all kinds of creative with it.Now I’m back with a couple of nifty tricks up my coat sleeve &
I’m wielding a mean a** biscotti.
CHURCH.
Soooo…this may NOT be the best way to start this blog but can I just begin by saying that I never really liked biscotti?
I know, I know.
Here I am writing about it, baking it, & trying to get all of you to fall in love with it so much that you’ll go into your kitchens & make it too, and yet there I go, totally putting down biscotti like a mean tweenager.
But I just need you to trust me.
^^This ain’t your nonna’s biscotti.^^
(Nonna = grandmother in case you have no idea what I’m talking about)
I actually like this biscotti and I bet yo’ nonna, you will like this biscotti, too.
As a matter of fact, I liked it so much that I started to anthropomorphize the biscotti
& realized that if biscotti were a person, we’d have a lot in common.
Maybe even be BFF’s…For instance:
& realized that if biscotti were a person, we’d have a lot in common.
Maybe even be BFF’s…For instance:
BISCOTTI:
The word biscotti comes from the Latin word biscoctus, meaning “twice-baked or cooked”.
ME:
In college, sometimes I would party two days in a row therefore, I too, have been “biscoctus”.
BISCOTTI:
The biscotti cooking method of twice-baking was used as a means of prolonging the “shelf-life” during ancient “refridgeration-free” times.
ME:
After turning 30, I started putting on face cream in order to prolong the shelf-life of my face.
Anywho….
Traditionally, biscotti uses anise extract but I tend to associate anise with this amazingly effective yet absolutely gross tea my mom gave me when I had cramps soooo….I’m not putting it in a biscuit.
Lucky for me, the awesome thing about biscotti is that it is pretty versatile. You can use just about any kind of extract, spices, & nuts in the mix and dip it in just about anything you can think of.
Enough of the history lesson, let’s make some Biscotti!!
Lucky for me, the awesome thing about biscotti is that it is pretty versatile. You can use just about any kind of extract, spices, & nuts in the mix and dip it in just about anything you can think of.
Enough of the history lesson, let’s make some Biscotti!!