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christmas biscotti

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Hope Bolen
Pine Top, KY

My family likes to have these waiting on them on Christmas morning with a cup of hot chocolate before seeing what suprises await us.....

(1 rating)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 40 Min

Ingredients For christmas biscotti

  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 4
    large eggs
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    dried cherries
  • 1 c
    pecans, in pieces
  • colored sugar - optional

How To Make christmas biscotti

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350' and spray a cookie sheet with butter flavored cooking spray (or whatever you like)
  • 2
    Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add 3 eggs and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Next mix in the cherries and the pecans.
  • 3
    Once completley mixed, put dough out onto a floured cutting board and divide the dough in halves. Shape each half into the shape of a slender log. Mix the remaining egg up & brush over top of the dough....sprinkle the colored sugar over that and bake for about 35 minutes.
  • 4
    Take out of the oven and place on a wire cooling rack...lower the oven to 325'...once cooled place on a clean cutting board and cut the logs into 1 inch diagonal pieces and lay them back onto the cookie sheet and bake for another 7 - 8 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Put on a wire cooling rack & cool completley....can be stored in an air tight container on the counter for about 1 week....

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