Cranberry Eggnog Biscotti

Submitted by mary winecoff

"This is a quick recipe that uses refrigerated sugar cookie dough and dried cranberries. This is from the book "Cookie Dough Delights"."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 28 cookies

ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Lightly spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Break up cookie dough into large bowl; let stand 10 to 15 minutes to soften.
4. Add flour, cranberries, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla extract to the cookie dough; mix well.
5. Divide dough into two equal halves.
6. On the cookie sheet, shape each dough half into a 12 inch long, 2 inch wide 3/4 inch high rectangle, spacing the dough halves about 3 inches apart.
7. Bake 26-28 minutes or until the logs are deep golden brown.
8. Remove sheet from oven.
9. Using a sharp knife, cut each log into 3/4 inch wide slices.
10. Place slices back on cookie sheet.
11. Bake the slices 5 minutes; remove from oven and turn over.
12. Bake 5 minutes longer.
13. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Reviews

[TR1471]

Where's the eggnog?

 

[Color Guard Mom]

I think this is an acquired taste. If I were to make it again, I think I'd leave out the orange zest and add a little sugar or splenda to counter the sourness of the cranberries. Thanks for posting! Made for Adopt a Tag.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Even though I'm not a coffee drinker, I very much enjoy biscotti, as a crisp cookie/snack, more than anything else! This dough was easy to prepare & the only change I made in the ingredients was to use a generous, rounded measure of zest! And, the only change made in preparation was to stand the slices on their bottom edge, separated from one another, for the final baking! I liked the use of the cookie dough & the resulting biscotti was most enjoyable! Thanks for a great keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed as a kidnapped recipe in the Aus/NZ Special Recipe Swap #19]