Chocolate Biscotti

I am no baker. I hesitate when I have to bake anything except for the quick cake out of the box, since for some reason making cookies or other goodies from scratch does not appeal to me as much as cooking. This could be because when I grew up, we did not bake much at home, other than the occasional cake and we bought our good old "biscuits" or cookies as they are called here from the store. Then came my affair with the biscotti. These crunchy yet mellow pleasures left a void that needed to be filled frequently. One biscotti for $2.50 at Starbucks? Thats a rip off! And thats when I stumbled across this recipe at Smita's and decided to try making them at home. I never realized that making biscotti was this quick, simple and cheap. I followed this recipe here, modified it a little bit by adding chocolate chips instead of cinnamon and hazelnuts. They turned out as good as you would get them outside. Nothing better on a lazy evening like a book and a biscotti!