Boozy Bourbon Pecan Biscotti

4/12/2023

Last weekend, we celebrated my dad's birthday!

Everyone deserves to celebrate their birthday with their favorite treats and since I happened to be visiting over my dad's birthday - I actually got to make some celebratory desserts for him this year. S'mores cake and boozy bourbon biscotti were the special birthday treats for my dad this year.

Adding biscotti to a party menu means that the celebrations can start first thing in the morning!☀️ Can you think of a better way to kick off a birthday than with a hot cup of coffee and a crispy, crunchy biscotti?

Biscotti cookies are baked twice and after the first bake, I always taste test the ends of the biscotti logs that get trimmed in the slicing process. (All in the name of culinary perfection, of course.🤣). After sampling this particular biscotti, I realized infusing bourbon into the batter wasn't quite enough to give this the boozy flavor that I was looking for. I decided to giving brushing more bourbon onto the cut cookies before the second baking, a try. Turns out - that was exactly what these bourbon pecan biscotti needed to give them that delicious, nutty, bourbon flavor.

Boozy Bourbon Pecan Biscotti
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 Tablespoons bourbon
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans