Chocolate Peanut Butter Biscotti Recipe

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. In mixing bowl, beat peanut butter and sugar with mixer until creamy
3. Add eggs and continue to beat until blended
4. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt
5. Add to peanut butter mixture, mixing on low until blended
6. On lightly floured surface, turn out dough and knead in peanuts and 1/2 cup mini chips
7. Shape dough into 13x3 log on a greased baking sheet
8. Bake 40 minutes
9. Put on rack until cool
10. With a serrated knife, in a gentle sawing motion, cut log on the diagonal into 1/2 thick slices
11. Put on greased baking sheet
12. Bake for 7 minutes, turn cookie over, and bake another 7 minutes
13. Cool on rack
14. In saucepan, add 1 cup mini chips, 1 1/2 tbls. peanut butter, and shortening and cook over low heat until melted
15. Dip one end of cookie into chocolate mixture
16. Put on waxed paper until chocolate hardens