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Cranberry-Pistachio Biscotti

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Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
4 dozen cookies
Category
Cookies and Bars
Course
Desserts
Preparation Method
Bake
Sources
Yankee Magazine

If you’ve never made biscotti, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is! Our Cranberry-Pistachio Biscotti is wonderful with morning coffee. The recipe also makes enough to bring to friends and family.

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup toasted pistachios
1 cup dried cranberries
2 ounces white chocolate, melted

Instructions

Heat oven to 350ºF. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Lower speed and beat in dry ingredients. Stir in pistachios and cranberries by hand.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. Form dough into two logs, 14 inches long by 4 inches wide by 1-1/2 inches high.

Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to a rack; let cool about 5 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice log on the diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick pieces.

Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF. Arrange slices on a lined baking sheet and bake about 8 minutes per side. Transfer biscotti to a rack and cool completely. Drizzle with melted white chocolate. Refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes.

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Comments

<span>Margaret</span> Sat, 12/24/2022 - 11:26
Not sure how one can get 4 dozen half inch slices from a 14 inch log. Also with whole dried cranberries and whole pistachios cutting the slices even with a very shaft knife was not easy. Most slices fell apart. 325 oven did not work. After all that the crumbled biscotti tasted very good.
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Mon, 01/09/2023 - 16:07

Hi, Margaret. We are sorry to hear that you had trouble with the biscotti recipe but we do appreciate you letting us know that they tasted good. 

 <span>Diane H.</span> Sat, 12/10/2022 - 11:43
Mine fell apart when I sliced them after the first bake. The biscotti was very crumbly and did not hold its shape. Should I have let them cool longer than 5 minutes?
<span>P Simon</span> Mon, 01/03/2011 - 12:41
These are easy and wonderful. I skipped the chocolate, but you don't have to...