Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti – 12 Days of Cookies

Andrea Meyers - Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Day 9 of our 12 Days of Cookies extravaganza thing, and I was craving biscotti, one of my very favorite cookies. These beauties combine cranberries and pistachios for a red and green festive look and taste. These are like traditional Italian biscotti which don’t use butter and they are not soft and crumbly. They are [...]

SHF #31 – White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Biscotti with Orange

This is my contribution to this month’s Sugar High Friday event, hosted by Seven Spoons. The theme for this month is Neutral Territory: Tasting the Many Shades of White, and I anticipate many beautiful and elegant white desserts in the round-up coming later this week. (UPDATE: Tara has posted the round-up. There are some beautiful [...]

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti

Chocolate biscotti is one of my favorite cookies. I love that crunchy, dunkable texture with chunks of hazelnuts and a hint of espresso. Sitting down with a cup of coffee, chai, or cold milk and noshing on dunked biscotti is my idea of a relaxing morning or afternoon snack. However, I do not think that [...]

Granola Biscotti

This is the second in the ongoing biscotti series. The original recipe comes from Biscotti, by Lou Seibert Pappas. I love granola. I always have some on hand, and I’ll pour it over yogurt for a mid-morning snack or even a lunch or light dinner. I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting with granola, including [...]

Almond Biscotti

This is the beginning of a series on Italian biscotti. I’m posting this basic recipe to start, then once or twice a month I will bake a recipe from Lou Seibert Pappas’ authoritative book, Biscotti. Legend states that an enterprising Italian baker created these cookies to send with sailors on long voyages. The cookies kept [...]