Easiest-Ever Chocolate -Cranberry Biscotti

Chef mariajane's Note:

This is such an easy dessert to make, and very delicious, and so satisfying to the chocolate lover!!

• Total Time: 48 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 48 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 2 cups flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter , softened
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups cranberry almond crunch cereal
• 3 squares baker's white chocolate , chopped
• 4 squares baker's semisweet chocolate , chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
3. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in cereal and white chocolate. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into 14x2 inch log, with lightly floured hands; place on greased baking sheet.
4. Bake 25-30 minutes or until lighty browned. Remove from baking sheet, place on cutting board; cool 10 minutes. Using a serrated knife, diagonally cut each log into 12 slices; place upright on baking sheet. 1/2 inch apart. Bake an additional 12-15 minutes or until slightly dried. Remove from baking sheet. Cool on wire racks.
5. Dip biscotti in melted semisweet chocolate. (or drizzle chocolate over biscotti). Let stand until set. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.
6. VARIATION: Omit semisweet chocolate. Sprinkle cooled biscotti with icing sugar. Or drizzle with combined 1 cup icing sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice. Let stand until set.

Reviews

[Darkhunter]

I'm giving this 5 stars because of taste and ease of making. Having said that, I wanted to add more cranberry taste to the biscotti. To that end, I added about 3 ounces of craisins. They taste great, but think I should have chopped up the craisins. When sliced, the large craisins stuck on the knife and left holes in the biscotti slices. I think next time I will also crush the cereal up a bit before adding to the dough. I will definitely make these again! Thnx for sharing, mariajane. Made for My-3-Chefs 2009.