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Perfect Coffee Pairing for Breakfast Vanilla Pecan Biscotti

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Perfect Coffee Pairing for Breakfast Vanilla Pecan Biscotti

Make your own Vanilla Pecan Biscotti from scratch! Perfect to pair with a cup of coffee and some friends. Easy way to start the day and have breakfast.

If you start your morning with coffee raise your hand. Or better yet keep both hands on that cup and sip along to this delicious vanilla pecan biscotti. Some of you may already have kids that have gone back to school, Korey is heading back in 2 weeks which means I can’t mess around in the morning.

I have chronic fatigue syndrome and I go many days feeling completely exhausted as soon as I get out of bed. The morning is really not easy for me but I know I have to push through it being a mom. If it was just up to taking care of myself I would be ordering out, watching Netflix and sleeping as much as I could.

Delicious homemade Vanilla Pecan Biscotti recipe. Perfect to pair with your morning coffee.

Knowing that I have to get up and get everyone dressed and fed is a time for me to help take care of myself too. I will never miss of a beat of my glorious elixir called coffee and a great food to pair with that is biscotti! Let me tell you that the first time I tried a biscotti I wasn’t a fan. I had no idea that you were suppose to be dipping that into your coffee to help soak the coffee up and the bar would become soft. Color me stupid.
How to make Vanilla Pecan Biscottis from scratch. Pairs wonderfully with your morning coffee.
Trying to improve my symptoms I’m introducing more homemade items into breakfast instead of grabbing things already in a box or bag. Having a recipe for biscotti’s has been on my list of must-haves and it’s finally achieved!

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Perfect Coffee Pairing for Breakfast Vanilla Pecan Biscotti
Perk up your morning with this Vanilla Pecan Biscotti
Author:
Cuisine: Italian
Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 25
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 Tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a bowl, whisk eggs and vanilla. Add flour, sugar, and baking powder. Stir in pecans. The dough will be sticky.
  4. Use flower dusted hands to shape the dough into a log shape onto parchment paper. The size is about 8" x 10" but you can certainly make two logs.
  5. Bake for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and let set for 10. Place the biscotti onto a cutting board. Use a bread knife cut the biscotti on a diagonal, about ½ wide. Cut long pieces in half.
  6. Set biscotti pieces on their side and continue to bake for another 20 minutes on one side. Flip and bake another 10-15 on the other. Cool.
  7. Makes about 20-25 biscotti

We all know that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day so if you’re already having that coffee to get you through the day don’t forget some food too.

Vanilla Pecan Biscotti

My best friend and I are coffee buddies, trying to hook up to have coffee at least once a week and I think I should gift her with some of these on my next trip.
Vanilla Pecan BiscottiBe honest. Do you eat breakfast everyday?

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  11. these looks really good. I thought they were much harder to make than you outline here. I just may give it a try. this will definitely save me a trip and some money going to a bakery next time I get a good Biscotti craving!

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  17. That looks amazing! I love biscotti! It’s one of my favorite snacks. They’re so good. I’ve never tried making them before though.

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  20. This sounds like a great recipe for vanilla pecan biscotti which I have never made before. I would love to have these with my coffee each morning just to get me going or a snack in the afternoon with my coffee. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  25. I love your photos and the recipe is very easy to follow. For some reason, I love how biscotti look and sound but they are not my favorite taste.

    Will be following for more recipes. Enjoy your day!

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  30. That biscotti looks amazingly easy and delicious! I’ve only recently started baking and it isn’t quite as difficult as I’d always imagined. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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