Holiday Biscotti / Pistachios & Cranberry Biscotti

Biscotti are twice baked cookies. It is a type of Italian cookies. This is a cool recipe for any holiday season.




I got this recipe from a cookie recipe book. From the day I tried it, I have made it numerous times. Each time it is a hit among my friends and their kids. So I thought of sharing it with my blog friends.

This is buttery biscotti, Mostly biscotti are dry cookies that are great with tea but I love to make this rich butter biscotti for some festiveness. The small specks of green and red from the pistachios and the cranberry make it a real holiday baked goodies.





Ingredients :



All-purpose flour - 2 cups
Butter – ½ cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Egg – 2 large
Baking powder – 1 ½ teaspoon
Lemon Zest – 1 teaspoon
Vanilla extract – 1 ½ teaspoon
Pistachios – ½ cup chopped
Dried Cranberries – ½ cup
Salt – ¼ teaspoon

Procedure :


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl. Cream in butter and sugar in a large bowl until the butter is pale in color. Then add eggs one by one and beat it to a smooth mixture. Now add the lemon zest and vanilla and mix it well.

Now add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat it until blended. Mix in the pistachios and cranberries. The dough will be very dense.


Line a cookie sheet with foil and form the dough into a long. Bake until light golden, about 40 minutes.







Cool for 30 minutes.






Now slice the baked log on a diagonal to form biscotti shape. Arrange the biscotti on the baking sheet. Bake it until they are golden in color, about 15 minutes. Let it cool and enjoy

37 comments:

  1. Wow i would love to have few of those delicous biscotti.

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  2. That looks delicious Sukanya. I did not realize that these biscottis are this easy to make.

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  3. wooow.... looks tooo good.

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  4. Perfect crisp biscottti :)

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  5. biscotti looks perfect Sukanya! Mouth-watering!

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  6. love this version of biscottis...

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  7. Lovely.I love it I had made cherry biscotti.

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  8. Wow i love biscotti with any fruits n nuts..would love to have rite now..

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  9. ooh! I love Biscottis, and these look absolutely delicious! I have to bake some soon now!:)

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  10. Superb! I could sure dip them in some good chocolate and indulge!

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  11. Biscotti looks too good !! Color is just fantastic !!

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  12. They look perfect, I love the recipe!

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  13. woo..this looks perfect and elegant..

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  14. I too make this often Sukanya..Comes out perfect

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  15. i always wanted to make biscottis..i will follow your recipe..they really look yumm..

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  16. Anonymous2/12/08

    WOW they look so good. I love biscotti, esp. with a cuppa coffee. bookmarked.

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  17. Mouthwatering biscottis. Great click

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  18. Lovely biscottis.They look very tempting.

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  19. yummy biscottis.......love this

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  20. ooh.. i want whole plate yaar.. u made me mouthwatering by posting such a superab entry...

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  21. Wow looks wonderful...nice recipe

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  22. wow.. really fantastic & delicious...

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  23. very colorfull biscotti sukanya

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  24. nice recipe biscotti with pista

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  25. Awesome picture, very colorful and inviting....

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  26. Yum Yum ,scrumptious biscotti with cranberries and pistachios:)

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  27. Biscottis are my husband's favorite! Looks super crispy and delicious.. bookmarking..

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  28. I made several batches of biscotti last year during the holidays.. have't made this year's batch yet :) Yours look perfect.

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  29. Oh that looks perfect for dunking in hot chocolate or coffee! I love the pistachios in this recipe.

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  30. Wow, these look perfect and tempting :-)

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  31. Absolutely amazing, Sukanya! Love the colors! :)

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  32. hey I too made this 2 days back for the first time. its really nice, better than the regular cookies. yours has come out well. I didn't have much patience and cut it before it cooled down, it broke apart a little, didnt get the perfect shape like yours:(

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  33. that looks yum!
    join in the sweet event going in my blog!

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  34. Looks yummy.. with a mug of Hot chocolate it should be perfect!

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  35. They are looking so yummy sukanya!..

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  36. The biscottis look so perfect, just like store bought ones Sukanya.

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