Cranberry-Orange Biscotti (Adapted From Pillsbury Annual Recipes 2009)


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Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sweet butter
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup almonds or walnuts
Glaze:
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 teaspoon orange zest

Preparation

1
Preheat oven 350 degrees:
2
Combine sugar, brown sugar and butter and mix with an electric mixer.
3
Add 2 tsp orange zest and eggs and beat well.
4
Stir in flour and baking powder.
5
In food processor combine cranberries and nuts and chop and add to mixture.
6
Shape dough into 3 rolls about 6 inches long. Place the rolls about 3 inches apart on cookie sheet: flatten each to form ¾ inch thick rectangle.
7
Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown and centers are firm to the touch.
8
Let cool about 5 minutes.
9
With serrated knife, cut each rectangle to ½ inch slices: place, cut side up, on cookie sheet.
10
Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until top surface is slightly dry. Turn cookies over: bake 6 to 8 minutes longer.
11
Melt chocolate in saucepan on low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat: dip bottom side of biscotti in chocolate.
12
Store the biscotti in tightly covered container.

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Biscotti is a great treat for dunking! Biscotti is a hard cookie, I recommend you dunk!

Enjoy!

Yield:

12.0 servings

Added:

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 6:07pm

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