My Favorite Night of the Week

Happy Thursday Night!  I love Thursday nights.  The anticipation of Friday and the weekend fills me with happiness!  By Thursday night, I am no longer drowning in the chaos of the week and I feel like I finally have things under control.  


To celebrate, I made peanut butter pecan biscotti.  The recipe was a cinch and I am definitely a dunker!  

From Joy the Baker (http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/)


4 T Butter
1/3 C Natural Peanut Butter - I used Trader Joes Creamy 
1 C Sugar
1 Large Egg
1 Large Egg Yolk
2 C Flour
1 t. Baking Powder
1/4 t. Salt
1/2 C Pecans


Preheat oven to 325.  Line one baking sheet with parchment paper.


1.  In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
2.  In a large bowl, beat butter, peanut butter and sugar until fluffy.
3.  Add egg and egg yolk until well blended.
4.  Add dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
5.  Add pecans.
6.  Divide batter into two batches and shape into loaves.  
7.  Brush the loaves with heavy cream (my friend told me to use the egg white for breakfast - it's a better use of a good egg white).
8.  Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.  


Put into oven for 35 minutes or so (the loaves should be golden brown).  Take out, cool and slice loaves into biscotti pieces, about one inch thick.  Place the pieces back on the baking pan and bake for another 15 minutes.  


Start your dunking!