Delicious with coffee or tea!
Ingredients
- 2 2/3 cup flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup orange zest approx 2 oranges
- 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 3 eggs
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Servings: cookies
Instructions
- Position racks in middle and top of oven and heat the oven to 350F.
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour with the sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Put a bit of the flour mixture into a small bowl, add the orange zest, and rub the zest into the flour to keep it from clumping.
- Stir the coated zest, the nuts and the cranberries into the rest of the flour mixture.
- In a small bowl, whisk the eggs with the olive oil and orange juice.
- Pour liquid mixture into centre of flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until blended. Dough will be very sticky.
- Dump the dough onto a heavily floured surface and portion into six equal pieces (may need a dough scraper for this).
- Roll each piece into a log that's 12 inches long, dusting with flour along the way to keep from sticking.
- Set the logs about 3 inches apart on the baking sheets and then press gently to flatten each log so each is about 1.5 - 2 inches wide.
- Bake 22 - 25 minutes, until the logs are golden and the tops are fairly firm near centre, rotating the sheets and switching their positions after 10 minutes to ensure even baking.
- Remove from oven and set the sheets on racks for 20 minutes. Leave the oven set to 350F.
- Transfer the logs to a cutting board and using a serrated knife cut them on a sharp diagonal into slices 1/2 inch think.
- Arrange the slices on the baking sheets, laying them flat with the cut side down.
- Bake for 6 minutes, then turn the biscotti over, rotate the baking sheets and switch their positions, and bake until golden, about 8 - 10 minutes.
- Let them cool on sheets 5 minutes then transfer to racks to cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Reference: The Best of Fine Cooking Cookies (Holiday 2012)