Put 2 cups of all purpose flour into a large mixing bowl
Add 1 cup of sugar
Add 1 table spoon of baking POWDER (I noticed that in the picture of the ingredients I showed soda, but this recipes calls for baking powder)
Add 3 eggs, 1/2 cup of oil, and 1able spoon of vanilla extract (I got a bit lazy with the pictures here, my apologies)
Mix with a spoon.
The dough should be difficult to mix when it looks like this, so ditch the spoon and knead by hand.
Your dough should end up looking like this! (Or very close)
Prep a cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper. =)
Now you'll have to lightly flour a working surface.
Divide your dough into 2 balls.
Take one ball and roll it into a log about the same length as your cookie sheet.
Now place this log of dough onto the cookie sheet and using your hands, flatten it to about an half an inch thick.
Repeat with the other ball of dough!!
Now bake these puppies at 375 for 25-30 minutes (I bake mine for 27 minutes and it comes out perfect!) It should look like this!
Move them to a wire rack and let them cool completely for about 30 minutes.
Cut them into 1/2 slices.
now the fun part (which i don't have pictures of because my phone was being used at the time, my apologies).
Take a bag of chocolate chips (any ol' bag is fine), pour half of it into a microwave safe bowl and add 1/4 cup of milk.
Microwave the chocolate and milk at 30 second intervals (stirring between) until you get a smooth glossy texture (think ganache people).
Take a pastry brush and a big dollop of that smooth deliciousness and "paint" the biscotti. I like to do it so half of it is covered.
This part is optional, but it sure makes a complete package ;)
Open a store bought bag of sliced almonds (always useful to have in the pantry).
Take a handful of those suckers and decorate the cookies as you deem necessary! I tend to sprinkle a few on the very end to make them look kind of semi-professional. (you may have to "paint" more melted chocolate on the cookies for the almonds to stick)
Et Voila!!
Now you have an easy to make tasty treat that will make even the zaniest of tea parties "official".
