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 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temp
- 2 teaspoon grated meyer lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅔ 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 ½ 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 30 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 ¾-inch-thick slices. Arrange the biscotti on the baking sheet. Bake the biscotti again, for 10-15 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.
Do you have the nutritional info on these biscotti?
I don't - sorry!
Can the biscotti be frozen before or after baking?
after! yes
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.
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 love homemade biscotti's around Christmas time! Have to make these soon!
XX,
S. Roderick
http://www.currenthabits.com
I would love a shipment of this to arrive at my door! Thanks!!
Can never go wrong with biscotti. Nothing else is better with coffee!
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.
I'm dying to have one (or 5) of these with my coffee right now!!
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.
These Look Deilicious!
Mmmm those look good! I love biscotti, this flavor variation sounds just sublime 🙂
will these freeze well? They look amazing!
baked these yesterday and they were amazing. the lemon really intensified all the flavors in the biscotti. thank you!
Uh, HELLO! What a delicious treat! Me likey! Me wanty!