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After baking brownies successfully, I got encouraged enough to try baking biscotti. The Italians traditionally like to pair it with wine, and since my fiance, John, is a big wine drinker, I thought “hey, why not bake something he can drink wine with?”

So I found this recipe online and tried baking it the first time five days ago. I did exactly everything the recipe calls for, but the dough was dry and it was difficult to form a log. The end result tasted fine, but it was a little too dry and too hard. As I read the reviews for this recipe, I found out that other people also had the same problem. Luckily I only made a little for a tester.

Last night, I gave it another try, with some modifications. I cut down on flour, added milk to the mixture so it wouldn’t be so dry, and I also cut down the baking time a bit. Oh the whole house smelled SO GOOD!

This time around the biscotti are crisp, but not dry or hard, and they look better as well. Yay! I consider the second run a success!

Now they are sitting in an airtight container, ready to go to Las Vegas with me to see John later on today.