I had some almonds and cranberries in the house, so this is what I came up with - the Cranberry Almond Biscotti.
They turned out lovely and worked out to be perfect holiday party hostess gifts!
What You'll Need:
- 1 large bowl
- 1 small bowl
- 1 baking tray
- Hand mixer
- 1 large, sharp knife
- 1 1/4 cups of all-purpose, sifted flour
- 3/4 cup of white sugar
- 1/4 cup of light brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 room temperature egg whites
- 2 room temperature medium-sized eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg - optional
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate (for melting over top) - optional
- 1/4 cup flour (for rolling out your dough with)
What You'll Do:
- Pre-heat your oven to 325 F
- Combine all your dry ingredients into your large bowl
- In your small bowl, whisk your egg whites and eggs, vanilla extract and spices until just frothy
- Using your hand mixer at a low to medium speed, add your egg mixture to your dry ingredients and mix until just combined, this will create a large batter ball that will be slightly tacky
- Stir in your almonds and cranberries until evenly distributed in the batter
- On a floured surface, divide your mixed batter into two equal parts
- Pat each half into the shape of a log, ideally a 10-14" log
- Place each batter log onto your baking tray (I cover mine with parchment paper, but this isn't necessary though it does provide easy clean-up!)
- Bake for 30 minutes
- Remove from the oven and let cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the baked batter log is cool enough to handle
- Reduce the oven heat to 300F
- Using our large knife, cut the baked log into 1/2" slices
- Once the oven has cooled, place the cut pieces back onto the baking tray, standing up, and spacing them about 1 inch apart
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes
- While they are finishing being baked, melt your dark chocolate
- Prepare a plastic bag to use to drizzle the melted chocolate onto your biscotti by cutting a small hole in the corner of your bag
- Once the chocolate has melted, spoon it into the bag
- Remove your cookies from the oven and drizzle the melted chocolate on top
- Move your cookies to a cooling rack and let sit and cool
The STEWART SCORE:
Appearance: 1.5
Taste: 2
Ease: 1 (they are not really that hard to make, but cutting them without them crumbling is hard to do at first and they take a while to prepare and dress)
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