Amazing Peanut Butter Cup Biscotti

Amazing Peanut Butter Cup Biscotti

My family loves biscotti, so I brought together peanut butter chips and chocolate chips to make another flavor for our biscotti jar. Hubby claims that these are amazing, hence the name Amazing Peanut Butter Cup Biscotti. Wrapped in cellophane bags, they are perfect for bake sales.

Prep Time:
40 mins
Cook Time:
40 mins
Additional Time:
1 hr 20 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 40 mins
Yield:
30 cookies
Servings:
30

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (such as Jif® Extra Crunchy)
  • ½ cup dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups peanut butter chips
  • 1 (12 ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 3
Mix the milk and vanilla extract together in a small bowl; set aside.

Step 4
Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.

Step 5
Beat the peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.

Step 6
Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the peanut butter mixture before adding the next.

Step 7
Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated.

Step 8
Fold in the peanut butter chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine.

Step 9
Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.

Step 10
Roll each section into a 4×5-inch rectangle about 1/2-inch thick.

Step 11
Transfer the dough pieces onto the prepared baking sheets.

Step 12
Bake in the preheated oven until firm to the touch, about 25 minutes.

Step 13
Place biscotti loaves on wire racks to cool.

Step 14
Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Step 15
Cut each loaf into 1/2-inch slices.

Step 16
Return the slices to the baking sheets with the cut sides up.

Step 17
Bake in the oven until biscotti are dry, about 10 minutes on each side.

Step 18
Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Step 19
Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted and smooth, 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave).

Step 20
Dip the cooled biscotti into the melted chocolate. Set the biscotti onto parchment paper, and allow to set, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

254
Calories
12g
Fat
32g
Carbs
7g
Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 30
Calories 254
% Daily Value *
Total Fat12g 15%
Saturated Fat6g 32%
Cholesterol19mg 6%
Sodium116mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate32g 11%
Dietary Fiber2g 6%
Total Sugars19g
Protein7g
Calcium36mg 3%
Iron1mg 7%
Potassium133mg 3%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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    • 12 years ago

    These are incredible! A coworker brought these into work and I just had to have the recipe. He directed me here and I was not disappointed. I didn’t add the peanut butter chips and it still had plenty of peanut butter flavor. I also used a mix of semi-sweet and bittersweet chips because I didn’t want them to be overly sweet. Amazing recipe that is sure to be crowd pleaser.

    • 12 years ago

    Love these! Great taste and texture.

    • 12 years ago

    I made these for the first time this year. I love Biscotti, and these are a keeper. Thanks for sharing, made them just as written.

    • 12 years ago

    Made these for Recipe Group…Well, the name says it all…AMAZING!!!! Made these exactly as written, and would not change a thing. The combination of flavors w/ the texture of the cookie is truely addicting (I’m not even gonna say how many I’ve eaten already, lol)! These will definitely be on my Christmas cookie platters, as well as my favorite cookies list! SHORECOOK, you did it again~YUM! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    • 12 years ago

    I made these for Recipe Group. This was my first time making biscotti, and this recipe turned out beautifully. Next time, I may add just a few chocolate chips to the batter for a little extra chocolate, but this recipe really didn’t need any changes. I love the pairing of peanut butter and chocolate. Yummy!

    • 12 years ago

    Another 5 star recipe from Shorecook! I had never made biscotti before and decided I would give this recipe a try. The crunchiness, the peanut butter flavor along with the melted chocolate chips made for a tasty cookie. My whole house smelled sooo good while this was baking. For a more festive holiday look, I sprinkled decorative Christmas candies on top of the melted chocolate chips. A definite keeper and will be on my Christmas cookie tray. Thank you for this AMAZING recipe. Christmas blessings to you and your family Shorecook!

    • 12 years ago

    Recipe Group Selection: 24, November 2012 ~ SHORECOOK, this recipe is delicious!!! 5-stars for sure! I have always wanted to make biscotti, but very leery of trying. With this being the RG selection this week, I knew now was the time. So happy they chose your recipe. Your instructions are so well written. I dipped half of them in white chocolate and the other half in the semi-sweet dark as the recipe calls for. Since I will be using some of them in Christmas baskets I added holiday sprinkles to some. The end result is a nice crisp, but not hard biscotti. Now that my fear has been lifted and biscotti have been crossed off my food “Bucket List” I look forward to trying other recipes. Thanks SHORECOOK for boosting my confidence in making this delightful treat.

    • 12 years ago

    An incredibly delicious peanuty biscotti. The recipe is perfect! The dough was so easy to work with and baked up with bakery quality results. After I sliced my biscotti and returned them to the oven for 10 minutes on each side, when I turned the oven off I laid them on the oven rack and left the door open while they and the oven cooled to crisp them a little more. Once cooled I put the chocolate chips in a baggy to melt in the microwave as instructed smooshing the bag till the chips were melted, made a tiny snip on one end and drizzled the chocolate across in a zigzag pattern. This recipe is a keeper! Thanks SHORECOOK for sharing. (recipe made for *RECIPE GROUP*)

    • 12 years ago

    Results are good. The only thing I was really worried about was my little mixer. I have a hand mixer and this dough is so thick I was afraid I was going to burn out the motor! The dough was very sticky. There was no way to roll it out. I just took a big glob of it and put it on the silpat and shaped and patted it into a flattened rectangle. I put two on each of two cookie sheets, one with a silpat and one with parchment. After that, all went well.

    • 12 years ago

    Amazing! Didn’t have crunchy peanut butter so added some slivered almonds. WOW! Hubs liked them even without them being dipped in chocolate.

    • 11 years ago

    We all enjoyed this biscotti. I was glad the recipe made a lot. They are very good with chocolate flavored coffee.

    • 11 years ago

    Definitely not a biscotti texture. It is more like a cookie than biscotti. Very thick and dry. Sorry, but would not make this again.

    • 11 years ago

    I don’t believe I did anything wrong, but mine didn’t come out quite right. I halved the recipe, but otherwise kept it the same except for using creamy peanut butter instead of crunchy because that was what I had (oh, and chocolate chips in batter rather than PB). Either way, my batter/dough came out kind of crumbly and would not hold together well. My finished product was a bit dense for biscotti, and mostly ended up in pieces than slices, but those pieces did taste pretty good.

    • 11 years ago

    Love this biscotti recipe. Made it last year for Christmas and they were a huge hit.

    • 11 years ago

    Well you did it again ….you created another winning biscotti. I love your chocolate peppermint biscotti too. I didn’t change a thing. Keep creating we love biscotti too!!

    • 10 years ago

    My first attempt at making Biscotti and Thank You Shorecook, I feel like a pro!

    • 10 years ago

    Delicious! I had never made biscotti before this recipe. I really had fun with it, and enjoyed the process. The recipe is well written and easy to understand. Cookies are fabulous! With my melted chocolate, it helps if it’s good and warm, then I smoothed over the edge with a butter knife. These cookies were gone on 2 days in my house and only three of us are them! Thanks shorecook!

    • 10 years ago

    made this for my family and they absolutely loved it!

    • 7 years ago

    I have been baking biscotti, but certainly this is not it. I suggest to put it under cookies category because it’s not. Anyone who calls this biscotti simply don’t know how a real Biscotti taste like as like as far as texture is concerned and that sets it apart.

    • 7 years ago

    What a fabulous selection for the Recipe Group for 11/24/2012. Shorecook never disappoints with her marvelous recipes. These are very, very good ? too good in fact. So much for dinner. I made these exactly as stated and would not make any changes. If you have a cookie swap coming up, you may want to make these. People will love them!

    • 6 years ago

    This is my first attempt at biscotti and it did not disappoint! I didn’t have the peanut butter chips and do not recommend leaving them out. The texture and taste were spectacular, but because I didn’t have the chips, my batch lacked more of the PB taste. Will make again with the chips!

    • 5 years ago

    Quite sweet. Good peanut butter flavor.
    Great with coffee.

    • 3 years ago

    I loved the taste. Didn?t have regular flour, so I used a combo of bread flour & quick oats. I cut the cookie squares in half when it was time to slice before the final cook, then sliced as normal biscotti- some bakers said it was too crumbly after cooking so I took that step so the weight & softness don?t cause them to crumble.Absolutely Delicious!

    Also left out chocolate chips.

    • 3 years ago

    I heard about this from Prepper Potpourri on YouTube for Dough-vember. It turned out great. I didn’t have crunchy peanut butter so I crushed about a half cup of salted peanuts and added it to the batter. It would have been cute to dip them in some crushed peanuts while the chocolate was still wet, now that I think of it. Delicious, but I wish I would have left them in the oven just a few minutes longer for the second bake, as they weren’t as crunchy as I would have liked, so watch for that. I do highly recommend this recipe!

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