What’s something that you can bring to a cookie swap, gift your neighbors and send to your extended family across the country? White Chocolate and Cranberry Biscotti obviously!
My grandparents are obsessed with biscotti! Each and every year they get a package from yours truly with a big fat bow on it and some White Chocolate and Cranberry Biscotti inside. It last them weeks and it’s fun to sprinkle a little bit of Gaby on their day! That way I can send a little love even though I’m an entire country away in LA when they are in Florida!
This one is loaded with chocolate, dried cranberries and then MORE chocolate. It’s the perfect thing to dip into your coffee every morning. And it’s very much appropriate to send across the country. It ships really well. I just wrap each biscotti in a little paper towel and then pop them all into a zip top bag. Christmas gifts are handled!
White Chocolate and Cranberry Biscotti
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temp
- 2 tsp grated meyer lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips divided in half
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a heavy baking sheet with parchment paper. Sift together flour and baking powder and set aside. In a mixer, beat the sugar, butter, lemon zest and salt. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. Add the flour mixture and beat just until blended. Stir in the cranberries and 1/2 of the white chocolate chips.
- Form the dough into a 12-inch long, 3-inch wide log on the parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove and let cool completely.
- Place the log on the cutting board. Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the log on a diagonal into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange the biscotti on the baking sheet. Bake the biscotti again, for 15 minutes, until they are golden brown. Transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool completely.
- Melt the remaining white chocolate chips in a double boiler. Dip the bottom of the biscotti in the white chocolate and let chocolate cool and set.
I sure hope you stashed some away for yourself! They are beautiful. I’d probably have eaten them all by now.
heck yes I saved some for myself!! Wish you were closer so I could have shared!
HEAVEN! i love biscotti…they’re so fun to make and feel so fancy when you eat them! this is perfect for the holidays and for giving away 🙂
I know! I love how they totally make you feel fancy 🙂
Very nice recipe & I love the versatility for the ingredient add-ins. XO
Great treat for the holidays!
Wow, these look delicious!
I love biscotti! Especially with white chocolate. I love the way it tastes as it melts in your tea or hot chocolate 🙂 These are a great gift idea!
i love this flavor profile. biscotti is one of those favorite holiday treats. where’s my batch? x
I am making these tomorrow – thanks for sharing!
These look easy enough for me to make! Love biscotti!
Thank you so much for reminding me of my favorite holiday cookies – biscotti! Yours look absolutely perfect, Gaby. Thanks so much for sharing.
Uh, HELLO! What a delicious treat! Me likey! Me wanty!
LOL!! Me thinky Brooke is funny!
Wish I had a couple of those for my afternoon hot cocoa! xxoo
Such a festive treat – and a nice substitute for cookies.
Gaby, thank you for this post. I have a biscotti recipe that I love which is similar to this although also has pistachios. I always have just dipped half the biscotti in the white chocolate. It looks fine but not quite right. Of course, no one has ever complained but it bugs me (I am going to post about them soon because they are one of my favorite X-mas cookies). Anyway, it never occurred to me to just dip the whole bottom in the chocolate. Much better presentation! Thank you!
I love the white chocolate/cranberry combo, I bet these are prefect for dipping in coffee or tea. Thanks for sharing!
Uh, HELLO! What a delicious treat! Me likey! Me wanty!
baked these yesterday and they were amazing. the lemon really intensified all the flavors in the biscotti. thank you!
will these freeze well? They look amazing!
Mmmm those look good! I love biscotti, this flavor variation sounds just sublime 🙂
These Look Deilicious!
I’ve never made biscotti before, so this is probably the push I need to try it. I have to take something to a choir event on Monday, and these could be exactly right for that.
I’m dying to have one (or 5) of these with my coffee right now!!
I’ve recently switched to black coffee in the mornings and this biscotti would definitely make my coffee routine feel a little more indulgent! Looks marvelous, Gaby.
Can never go wrong with biscotti. Nothing else is better with coffee!
I would love a shipment of this to arrive at my door! Thanks!!
I love homemade biscotti’s around Christmas time! Have to make these soon!
XX,
S. Roderick
http://www.currenthabits.com
I made these on Monday for the choir social and almost the whole plateful I took was eaten. I had to make a minor adjustment due to a shopping malfunction (forgot to buy lemons) but they were very good made with orange zest. I also divided the dough into two and used white chocolate and cranberries in one half and dark chocolate and cherries in the other. Mine didn’t look as neat as yours, I had issues with crumbling as I probably didn’t let them cool enough as I was against a deadline and my initial logs weren’t very neat. However, they tasted amazing, so thank you for the recipe.
I’m so glad you gave me the orange idea! I am out of lemons and was wondering if they’d still taste good without…
I gave biscotti to my foodie friends as Christmas gifts a few years ago and they loved it. I may have to recycle that idea again this year with this recipe for the co-workers.
Can the biscotti be frozen before or after baking?
after! yes
Do you have the nutritional info on these biscotti?
I don’t – sorry!
How many biscotti does this recipe yield?
16-20
Made these for Christmas. Delicious but decided to leave out the white chocolate dunk. Felt that would make them too sweet. Will become a new tradition!
so thankful I found these!!! I make them at our coffee shop and they consistently sell out within two days
where is it?! I want to come
What a thoughtful gift! Something people love to eat and enjoy!!
Gaby, can you clarify a question regarding this recipe please?
Step 5 states “ melt the REMAINING White chocolate…”
Was I supposed to put half the white chocolate into the initial batter along with half the mini chocolate chips?
Thanks in advance.
extra word in there! I fixed it 🙂 thanks for catching!
Hi,
These look great. Would you mind sharing the brand and type of white chocolate you use? I’ve had trouble with it seizing up?
Thank you,
Jo
I usually use the Ghiradelli one! Chips are easily to melt in my opinion
Is it possible to cut back on the sugar in this recipe without ruining it?
I haven’t tested it with less sugar so I can’t say for sure!