Chocolate Nut Cranberry Espresso Biscotti

M&Mers's Note:

This biscotti has an interesting flavor twist due to the cinnamon and cloves...works very well with the chocolate and coffee. (Recipe credited to Agate Cove Inn, California).

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 32 biscotti

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ cup strong coffee , cooled
• 1 teaspoon strong coffee , cooled
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup walnuts
• 1 1⁄3; cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ¾ cup dried cranberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients (first 7 ingredients listed).
3. In a small bowl, whisk egg.
4. Add coffee, milk and vanilla.
5. Mix well.
6. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients.
7. If resulting mixture is too dry, add a little more coffee (1/4 tsp at a time).
8. Add chips, nuts and cranberries.
9. Turn dough onto well-floured board and with floured hands, form into 2 logs, each about 13-14 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide.
10. Bake on greased and floured (or parchment-lined) baking sheet for 20-25 minutes.
11. Remove from oven (reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees at this point) and let cool for 8 minutes.
12. Using serrated knife, cut on a diagonal into 1/2 inch pieces.
13. Lay, cut side down, on baking sheet and bake another 6-8 minutes, one side only.
14. For a harder biscotti, bake 5 minutes EACH side.

Reviews

[sweet tooth 23]

i also had to add more liquids to this dough - i added about an extra 1 T. or so of coffee and milk and 1 T. of canola oil. i also used pecans instead of walnuts. really yummy!

[Falls Doll]

The FIRST time I tried this recipe was not positive. I added A LOT of coffee as the ingredients would not hold together. I ended up with large, very tasty, chunks. Not attractive enough to serve as biscotti, but great crumbled over vanilla bean ice cream! The SECOND time I made the following changes: I chopped the chocolate chips into small pieces. Did the same with the cranberries and continued using dry toasted chopped pecans and Splenda instead of sugar. I added 1/4 cup Canola Oil. Placed the baked logs in the freezer for 10 minutes before cutting. After step 13, placed biscotti on cooling rack overnight. YUM!

[katsmutti]

Excellent! The only subsitution I made was dried cherries for the cranberries. Made a double batch. Next time I will try it and substitute almonds for the walnuts and maybe almond liquer for the milk. MMMMM!