Cranberry Orange Pistachio Biscotti – Italian biscuit cookies with the flavors of the holiday season. These will be delicious dunked in a cup of tea or eaten with your morning coffee.
I’ve tackled biscotti, now I think it’s on to macarons. Those should be interesting. I’ve heard both good and bad things about making those. With biscotti’s, it’s pretty straightforward.
I adapted this recipe from my Fannie Farmer Cookbook, Thirteenth Edition. It has the beautiful colors of the holidays and tasted great when dunked into my tea at breakfast.
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Cranberry Orange Pistachio Biscotti
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons allspice
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- zest from 1 orange
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier liquor
- ¾ cup chopped fresh cranberries
- ¾ cup shelled pistachios chopped into chunks
Instructions
- Place a baking rack in the top third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, allspice and salt.
- In a the bowl of a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light.
- Add the eggs and mix until smooth.
- Mix in orange zest, orange liquor.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and beat until just combined.
- Stir in the cranberries and pistachios.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half. Shape dough into two separate logs about 1 1/2-inches by 10-inches long.
- Place the rolls on a baking sheet approximately 2 inches apart.
- Bake in the top third of the oven for about 25 minutes, or until set and lightly browned on the top.
- Cool the logs on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes or cool enough to handle, and then cut diagonally into 1/2-inch thick slices.
- Place the slices flat on the baking sheet and return to the oven to bake for 10 minutes to dry them.
- Turn slices over, baking for an additional 10 minutes.
- If you desire the biscotti to be hard enough for dunking, turn oven off and leave the biscotti in the oven for an additional 20 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool and store in a tightly covered container.
I rate everything I make on a scale of 1-4 with 4 being the best and these Cranberry Orange Pistachio Biscotti earned 3 rolling pins. I really am in love with biscotti. I love the crunch of it and then the way it absorbs the flavors of the tea when I dunk it. And the different flavors you can have… The possibilities for biscotti are ENDLESS!! Try it, you’ll see.
If you like this Cranberry Orange Pistachio Biscotti then you’ll love…
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Comments & Reviews
Oh this sounds delish! I have never made biscotti! It looks so good and I am intrigued by the addition of Grand Marnier!
Lynne,
This biscotti looks delicious. I was just thinking of making some later today. I really like your blog and I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award. The information about it is available in todays post. Hope you’re having a great day!
Shannon
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