These are one of my favorites. I make them every holiday season. They are great for mailing and keep for weeks!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup chopped candied cherries
- ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped white chocolate
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large cookie sheet.
Step 2
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the almond extract. Combine the flour and baking powder; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in candied cherries and mini chocolate chips.
Step 3
With lightly floured hands, shape dough into two 10 inch long loaves. Place rolls 5 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet; flatten each to 3 inch width.
Step 4
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until set and light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Using a serrated knife, cut loaves diagonally into 1/2 inch slices. Arrange slices cut side down on ungreased cookie sheets.
Step 5
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until bottoms begin to brown. Turn, and bake an additional 5 minutes, or until browned and crisp. Cool completely. Melt white chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 20 to 30 seconds until smooth. Drizzle cookies with melted white chocolate. Store in tightly covered container.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings Per Recipe 36 | |
Calories 114 | |
% Daily Value * | |
Total Fat5g | 6% |
Saturated Fat3g | 14% |
Cholesterol23mg | 8% |
Sodium55mg | 2% |
Total Carbohydrate17g | 6% |
Dietary Fiber0g | 1% |
Total Sugars8g | |
Protein2g | |
Calcium25mg | 2% |
Iron1mg | 4% |
Potassium35mg | 1% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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- by: Cookdap Member
- 24 years ago
The biscotti are good, but I have a few mentions – #1 when I printed the recipe it had no oven temperature #2 It calls for 1/2 cup white confectioners coating – and in step 7 it says to Drizzle cookies with melted white choc – Confectioners coating & white choc are not the same thing. If your out buying ingredients by those listed you wouldn’t have the white choc to melt! Oh and just so you know – If you want two batches make them seperate and do not double the recipe – They don’t turn out as well.
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- by: Cookdap Member
- 22 years ago
We’ve tried a number of biscotti over the years, and this one was a hit because it was so tasty and festive – yet different from all the traditional holiday-type cookies! I think these would work well for Valentine’s day too, considering the pretty red cherries. The almond extract is one of the secrets that make it so good, I think.
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- by: STELLY
- 22 years ago
I’ve also made this recipe using just the cherries. The dough will turn slightly pink. The last time I baked these was for a wedding so I made the logs only 1 1/2 to 2 inches so they would look delicate. Also if you don’t like the crunchy texture, after slicing, only bake for about 5 minutes total to just dry the cookie. They still keep just fine and tast great.
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- by: Cookdap Member
- 22 years ago
This was a great recipe. I have made this countless times so far. It is very easy and it reminds me of my Italian mother in laws biscotti. I have two toddlers at home so I found sort of a short cut by placing all the ingredients into my bread machine and have it do all of the mixing while I do other things. It works very well.
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- by: Cookdap Member
- 22 years ago
These were wonderful. They were very easy to cut using a long serrated knife. I used 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond extract. I didn’t have minis so I chopped up regular chocolate chips. I used dried tart montmorency cherries, which were wonderful, but be careful not to burn them on the second baking.
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- by: JENHARVHOL
- 21 years ago
These were great – I made together with the cinnamon hazelnut biscotti and gave as christmas gifts. I used Reynolds non-stick aluminum, which worked great for lifting the log to the cutting board. I had no problems with crumbling, they turned out the perfect hardness. You have to watch them very closely though– 30 seconds is enough to go from perfect to burnt! The almond flavoring is the key ingredient– it’s what makes biscotti taste like biscotti. Great recipe!
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- by: AURYANE
- 21 years ago
I would give these a 10 if I could. There were absolutely amazing. They were a nice compromise between the “orginial” biscotti (which had no fat other than eggs) and the buttery, cookie-like biscotti that most recipes produce. The biscotti cut well without crumbling (which was a problem with many other recipes), they puffed up perfectly, and they store nicely as well–everything you could want in a biscotti recipe! I made a few small changes: I halved the recipe, and cut back the butter by 1 tablespoon (so in the original, I would have used about 1/3 instead of 1/2 cup). I also added about 1/4 cup of toasted, flaked coconut, and I used cashews (out of almonds) instead. At the end, I melted 1/2 cup of white chocolate with a dab of butter and dipped the cooled biscotti in it.
A few notes for anyone trying this recipe: I found that it might be helpful to drop the oven temperature to 250-300 after the first baking, since the outside of my biscotti was browning a little faster than it was crisping. Also, I did not grease my pan after the first baking (as suggested in the recipe), and though I had no problems with my non-stick pan, the biscotti on my other baking pan did stick a little bit. Overall, this is a great recipe, and one that I would use over and over again in the future.
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- by: Betsy Babe
- 21 years ago
Prepared this as noted with exception I used dried cherries instead of candied. Also when I make biscotti, I like to totally dip the top in either white or dark chocolate & then take the opposite color chocolate and melt it down with a bit of oil and then take a fork and drip lines across it. Gives it an extra special appearance. With this batch, I made half the batch in dark chocolate with white stripes and the other half batch in white chocolate with dark stripes.
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- by: Marietta Higgins-Spillone
- 21 years ago
Very good & very different. I make many different biscotti and this is one I will make over & over. I really don’t even like chocolate & cherry together but was munching on these. I did make a few changes. First WHAT ARE CANDIED CHERRIES? I could not find anything actually called that in 2 stores so I used dried chopped cherries. Also I dived the dough into 3 loaves. They took 30-35 min. to cook. The cookies were 2 1/2 – 3 in. long. Nice enough size and gave me more cookies. They keep together really good when cutting too.
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- by: Ashley
- 20 years ago
I LOVE these! I think next time I will reduce the baking powder to 1-1/2 tsp.–I think they rose and cracked a little because of the 2 tsp. Also, I substituted cherry-flavored dried cranberries as someone else suggested. And I just chopped up the white chocolate and threw it in with everything else. I reduced the temperature for the second bake to 250 degrees, and just baked them until dry. A KEEPER!!!
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- by: Amyk
- 20 years ago
Awesome! I’ve made these for tons of people, and now get regular requests for both the recipe and the end product.
btw, no idea where you get ‘candied’ cherries, but I chopped up maraschino cherries and they work great. I like my biscotti a bit softer than traditional biscotti…
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- by: Kim's Cooking Now
- 20 years ago
These are wonderful, especially dunked in a cup of cappuccino. I used my Kitchen Aid stand mixer, and used the exact amount of flour that the recipe called for, and I too found the dough to be too sticky. What I did was spooned it onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, in two long shapes. Then I floured my hands really well, and kind of formed them into the rectangles while on the parchment paper. Next time I will add more flour like others suggested. I also had a problem getting my white chocolate to drizzle. I ended up throwing my first batch of the white chocolate away, and the next time I melted it in a glass bowl over a pot of low boiling water and added a little bit (1/2 Tbls) of vegetable shortening to it. That made it easier to drizzle. After the obstacles, they turned out great, with a very good flavor. I plan to make these again and give them away as holiday gifts in little plastic holiday bags. Thanks for sharing!
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- by: Veggie_K
- 20 years ago
Wow! Wow! WOW! I just finished making 14 dozen of these for holiday gifts. Now, I consider myself a good cook, but far from a good baker. This was easy and unbelievably tasty! Made a few mods: I hand mixed in the flour and chips/cherries, I didn’t do the final 5 minute flip/bake, and I made 7 dozen of them with cranberries (dried) and pecans (chopped) instead of the chocolate/cherry mixture. Also, instead of using the white chocolate, I drizzled vanilla almond bark (half dyed red, half dyed green) over the cooled cookies. They’re so pretty! Packaged in cellophane holiday gift bags (after wrapping cookies in waxed paper) and tied with a bow. Can’t say it enough how much I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing! My gift recipients will thank you too!!
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- by: CHEF PIE
- 20 years ago
Very disappointing! After reading the reviews I was excited to try these. The taste was just ok (and I know this because I tested all the pieces that broke as I tried to prepare the cookies), but they were very messy to slice leaving the final product not something that I would put out for company or give to anyone. This recipe is proof that just because something has chocolate in it, doesn’t necessarily make it great. Sorry. There are better biscotti recipes out there.
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- by: WHIRSCH
- 19 years ago
I made this Biscotti for Valentine’s Day, and it was a huge hit! The only thing I changed were the add-ins, NOT any of the ingredients to the dough itself. I’m not sure what happened to some of the other reviewers, but this was a great recipe, and I had absolutely no trouble working with the dough.
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- by: 1NIKI1
- 19 years ago
My biscotti turned out perfect following this recipe. They were absolutely delicious. For those of you that said your biscotti crumbled, make sure you cut while they are still warm (7-10 minutes after taking out of oven). The key is also using a good quality serrated (bread) knife to cut. If you do this and follow the recipe directions, your biscotti should not crumble. I agree with others that commented, you don’t need to cook that long after you flip. You just need to dry them out a little more. You can even turn down the heat in the oven.
Great recipe! Thank you!!!
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- by: Jennifer Baker
- 19 years ago
These are soooo good! Sometimes for Christmas I substitute peppermint extract for the almond, and it gives these biscotti a nice flavor. Makes them especially good with hot cocoa!! I make these every year for Christmas gatherings & gifts and they are always well-received. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
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- by: Margie
- 19 years ago
These look beautiful and tasted even better. Could not have been easier to make. I did use vanilla rather than almond extract but they were still very flavorful. I dipped the bottom in white chocolate and put them in the freezer. Can’t wait to bring them to Christmas dinner! Thanks for sharing Jennifer!
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- by: Cookiequeen
- 19 years ago
Good biscotti cookie..I even added 1cup instead of a 1/2 cup of choc chips(wasn’t paying attention) and I used dried cherries instead of candied cherries. I think I would like to try the candied cherries if I can find them beacuse I think that would be a sweeter cherry flavor. My second bake I stood cookies up and only baked for 5minutes.
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- by: CHAMMI
- 19 years ago
These were difficult to work with — even with a serrated bread knife. They crumble and consequently, they’re hard to do at a full 10″ size. Nevertheless, they look lovely and people love receiving them as a gift. They are softer than other recipes because of their butter. If you prefer a firmer, crispier biscotti for dunking, look for recipes where egg is the only fat in the ingredients list. As for candied cherries, those are the little syrupy cherries that are sold in small, round tubs. They’re usually with the seasonal baking stuff–you would find them wherever you find those tubs of chopped fruit that people use in fruitcakes. The only difference is that the fruitcake mix is multicolored and includes pineapple and candied citrus peel (which I never liked as a kid). But basically, it’s the same thing. You could probably get away with using marachino cherries, but the candied cherries are “waxier” and have less moisture. However, they are brighter and moister than dried cherries/cranberries. The chocolate and cherries make this recipes pricey to pull off–but like I said, it looks great.
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- by: CK1380
- 18 years ago
I made these for the holidays along with another biscotti from this site. They were so good; I just finished that last of these out of the freezer the other day. I will be making another batch to freeze, as they freeze well and are excellent to take out and have with coffee! YUM!
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- by: LULULICIOUS
- 18 years ago
The best biscotti I’ve ever had. I don’t normally like biscotti, and I’m not a big fan of candied cherries, but I had find a way to use them up, and this was perfect. I found they took a little longer to crisp up than suggested, and I drizzled them with dark chocolate instead of white.
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- by: Michelle Roth-Kiva
- 18 years ago
I made a batch of these for Christmas gifts. I placed several sliced biscotti in tissue paper-lined decorative tins and sent them to friends all over the country! Everyone told me how good they were (the cookies travel well)!!! I used chopped Christmas candies (i.e. the red and green stuff), but I think the recipe calls for something different, perhaps marchino cherries. I’ll try with those next time. As prepared, I’d give these 4 stars, but if I try with marschino cherries next time, I think they’d be better and deserving of all 5 stars. Some of my biscotti burned, but I just threw those pieces out (there weren’t many anyways). My biscotti looked just like ccox’s picture (wow!). Not too bad for my first attempt at making biscotti : ) Very eye appealing and gift-giving appropriate!!!! Thanks for sharing!
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- by: WDWPIXIE
- 18 years ago
I made these last year for Christmas and had requests for more!! They were a huge hit!!
I was hoping to make them this month to take to a friend visiting from out-of-state, but can’t find the candied cherries (they were delicious) so will try to find the dried cherries or use maraschino as others mentioned.
Make sure to make plenty!!
Update: 12/15/06
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- by: Jmarie
- 18 years ago
First time making biscotti. They turned out great! Wonderful with a hot cup of coffee. I made mine for holiday gifts for the neighbors. I dipped half of each cookie in white chocolate and drizzled with left-over melted chips. They will be beautiful presented in a mug along with a bag of coffee!
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- by: Familybaker
- 17 years ago
I am currently giving these four stars only because my husband and I have both been enjoying them. This was my first attempt at biscotti, though I am an avid baker, and I decided to make them solely because I was making gift baskets, and thought a biscotti would be a nice accessory to the coffee and tea I was giving. I was thrilled with the ease of this recipe, though I found I had to knead the dough to incorperate all the flour and the cherries and chips. I also used marachino cherries, only because I happened to have them in my fridge, and I was trying to keep costs down. A note to those having trouble finding candied cherries – they are often referred to as glace cherries, and are available in both green and red.
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- by: Cathy Snider
- 17 years ago
This was my first attempt at biscotti and it was easier than I thought! This is a great recipe and the only change I made was using dried cranberries instead of cherries due to taste preference. I also stood the biscotti up for the second baking as that seemed easier. I can’t wait to show off at breakfast with the girls tomorrow!
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- by: STWALSH
- 16 years ago
Fantastic! I’m my husband’s hero after baking these!! I have made them for a couple years now, I always cut the sugar back (use 2/3c), use dried cranberries instead of cherries & white chocolate chunks instead of choc. chips, sometimes I use 1/4c applesauce & 1/4c butter…depends on my mood 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
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- by: Laura
- 16 years ago
Wow. Just wow. I’d never made biscotti before so I was a little worried it wouldn’t come out very well. I made them for a family get together along with two other kinds and got a lot of compliments from everyone on all three, even the high-and-mighty chef uncle. I will definitely be making these again soon, even if it’s just for me!
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- by: Jackie C
- 16 years ago
This was awesome!!! I love almond, cherries and chocolate, what a better combination than all three in a biscotti. I had attempted to make biscotti once before and it completely crumbled on me after the first baking, I followed the directions exact, and even measured my oven with a gauge, but they baked too long. This recipe I baked the first round for 25 minutes and I noticed they were a little under baked in the center, but that was much better than over baked because the second round of baking completed it. I’m not a big fan of white chocolate…especially since it’s not really chocolate so I opted to leave mine plain, I even had the white “chocolate” melts ready, but I think it would have ruined the wonderful flavors. I will be making this again very soon. Thank you for sharing.
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- by: Nowanorris
- 16 years ago
This recipe was very simple and quite tasty. Great cookie for dunking! I know a lot of people have complained about not being able to “drizzle” the white chocolate as it never seems to get thin enough in the microwave. I used white chocolate chips and put them in the microwave for about 30 seconds on 50% power…stirred…then did another 20 seconds. The chocolate was actually warm, not too hot to handle. So at that point I spooned the melted chocolate into a small ziploc bag and snipped off a very small cut from the corner. I was then easily able to squeeze and pipe the chocolate onto the biscotti. Made it so easy! You can see the result from the photo I just uploaded.
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- by: Gapch1026
- 16 years ago
Didn’t make this recipe for any holiday…just because I had the ingredients and had never made Biscotti but wanted to try. I used green candied cherries and regular size chocolate chips. I do agree the minis would be nicer. This is a good shortbread-like cookie that’s good with a cup of hot tea.
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- by: Stacey
- 16 years ago
This was my least favorite out of six biscotti recipes from this site. I had to substitute maraschino cherries for the candied cherries as I did not have any. Not sure if that is the reason why or not, but this biscotti was not real crisp and hard like I like it to be. Hubby and I both disliked how soft they turned out but thought the flavor combo was pretty good. Try this recipe but use the candied cherries and maybe bake it a few more minutes.
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- by: SHORECOOK
- 15 years ago
The changes I made were to use Maraschino cherries and allow their juice to flavor the biscotti. I skipped the almond extract but at the end dipped them in white chocolate and sprinkled them with almonds. I baked 4 logs instead of 2 because I thought the centers would get done better that way. Rather than greasing a cookie sheet, I used parchment paper. I also lowered the temperature to 300 degrees after slicing and baked 10 minutes on each side. They were very good!
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- by: Tara
- 15 years ago
Fantastic. Cherries and chocolate are one of my favorite combinations. Easy recipe. My kids liked them before I baked them the second time so I left some out for them to eat as cookies. Actually, my husband snatched quite a few too. My advice is to make sure you bake the loaves until they are completely set and not soft. They slice much nicer and aren’t crumbly and uneven.
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- by: Cooking Mama
- 15 years ago
Great stuff! I’d agree with the previous review. I think it’d be a lot better off with some maraschino cherries. Just because I felt it wasn’t sweet ‘enough’. I don’t like an overwhelming sweet, but I do like a little bit. Next time I’m adding a bit more chocolate chips, and cherry pieces. I think 1 cup of each would of been more beneficial. But overall, a great biscotti! 🙂
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- by: Joanne Salm Klysen
- 14 years ago
Very good flavor, although the dough is a bit hard to work with–very sticky. (This is my first attempt at biscotti, so I wouldn’t know if that’s how it should be.) I would add more cherries next time as I found myself looking for the biscotti that had the most cherries in them..
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- by: Thebritishbaker
- 14 years ago
Made these today for a coffee morning with friends. Oh they are just so delicious. Used a combination of white chocolate and milk chocolate chips and then finished with both milk and white chocolate. I do cook my biscotti always on wax paper, allow to cool for 10 minutes before cutting (never have a problem with crumbling biscotti), then through the wax paper away and cook on each side for a further 10 minutes. Will certainly be making these again.
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- by: Hezzy_Tant_Cook
- 14 years ago
This was my first time to try making biscotti. I think when using two cookie sheets
for the browning part of the preparation, they should be shifted top to bottom, front to
back for a more even browning. At least for my oven this would be true. Nonetheless I’m
having to hide the stash from my husband lest he finish them off before our Christmas
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- by: Valerie160
- 14 years ago
Excellent recipe. I ran out of candied cherries, but had some dried cherries to supplement and the combo was great. I had no problems with crumbly biscotti as others said in their reviews. I used my Wusthof Serrated Knife and cut while the biscotti was still warm – just a few minutes out of the oven. For the seconding baking (after cutting the biscotti), I turned my oven down to 325 and cooked the full 8 minutes on one side then 5 minutes the other. They came out perfect. Once cooled, I dipped the bottoms in chocolate (about 6 ounces with 2 TBLS butter over double broiler) instead of drizzling on top because I wanted to bite into a nice thick coat of chocolate (I’m a chocoholic, what can I say?) .
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- by: Christine Larue
- 14 years ago
I’m making my second batch today as I type this… yum! I made them exactly as the recipe called for and didn’t have any problems with stickiness of the dough. I did make sure to weigh each half to ensure that I had similar sized logs. I dipped the bottoms in melted semi-sweet chocolate and then drizzled melted white baking chocolate on the tops. I baked them exactly as the recipe called for, including flipping them over. Perfect! I can see that if you increased the chips or the cherries that the dough might not be stable enough to hold together well, so stick to about 1/2 cup of each. There is plenty to make it look pretty AND taste good!
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- by: Baking.Again:)
- 14 years ago
These are wonderful cookies. I reduced the sugar to 1/2 C…perfect, used dried cherries, and added coursely chopped toasted almonds. Take note: These are not like traditional biscotti. They are not hard, as you might want a good dipping cookie to be. Instead, they are more soft- like a cookie. You will love the flavor! Ciao.
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- by: Yellowzealot
- 14 years ago
I have made these several times and found that if you follow the ingredients exactly, and make 2 ten inch loaves as the recipe calls for, your recipe will turn out perfectly. With my oven, I need to bake them a little longer than stated in order to get them a little more crunchy. I love these! They look beautiful with the white and dark chocolate drizzled over the top and taste delicious!
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- by: Bev Miller Johnstone
- 14 years ago
I loved this biscotti recipe. The texture was just like I want…not hard as a brick, and doesn’t fall apart in my coffee. The cherry/chocolate combination is always delicious, but I’m sure I’ll make it again with other ingredients for a change. I gave some away as gifts and kept the rest for myself. Yum!
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