When I was challenged to a burger cook-off, I got the inspiration for this recipe. We all enjoy chicken wings, so I thought I’d make a burger out of it. In addition to being the winner, I was the only one who used chicken.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 dozen biscotti |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter at room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon orange zest (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 (6 ounce) package sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®), or more to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl until mixture is creamy. Beat in eggs, orange zest, orange extract, and almond extract.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; mix dry ingredients into moist ingredients to make a stiff dough. Mix sweetened cranberries into dough. Form dough into a ball, cut into halves, and shape each half into a log. Place logs onto prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Let logs cool completely on wire racks.
- Cut logs into slices on a slight diagonal and lay the slices on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake biscotti until crisp and lightly golden brown, about 7 minutes.
- For crunchier biscotti, reduce the heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and bake for 7 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 294 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 50 g |
| Cholesterol | 51 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 257 mg |
| Sugars | 27 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Taste is excellent, but they never get baked enough. The problem here is too much butter. Somebody who is more of a cook than I am can probably fix the recipe. Enjoyed the taste though.
This biscotti recipe I’ve been making ever since it has come out. They’re really easy to make, actually any biscotti are easy to make. I always make these at Christmas time because they are requested, I dip half in white chocolate to make them festive looking. And I also use different variations chocolate chip, hazelnuts, almonds and all chocolate. You can’t screw these up. If you like them crunchier leave them in longer than stated. If you dont like crunchy then dont double bake them. When they come out they will get crisper.
This recipe is easy and enjoyable to make, I actually made this last Christmas (didn’t create an account yet) and my family said I had to make it for next Christmas !! Next time will try with cranberries, pistachios, and white chocolate.
I love this recipe! Easy and delicious!
Scrummy!!! I added 1 cup of raw almonds, which I’d soaked in boiling water and peeled. Also added a bit more salt on accident and I like it. Baked 24 minutes at 375 degrees in my 80s oven, and it was still doughy in the middle. Next time I’ll do 30, but with foil over the top for the last 10. Also brushed with orange syrup before the second bake. Juice from the zested oranges and 1/2 cup sugar boiled down. It didn’t need it and I’ll skip it next time, but still amazing. Great recipe!
Excellent recipe. By far, one of the easiest and most delicious biscotti recipes I have ever tasted or made myself. I did follow the suggestions of other reviewers by baking at 375 dégrées. My cookies browned nicely for the first bake and after they were sliced and browned on each side. I did not add frosting or any decoration to mine. I did add the zest of one large orange. I will make these over and over again.
Made it just as described except that I had no oranges for zest and just added a couple tablespoons of OJ instead. Came out just wonderful! A perfect Christmas treat.
I cut out 2 pieces of cardboard 2×12” and put them underneath parchment paper to shape the logs exactly the same size and width, this made this step so much easier.
Delicious! Very sticky dough and, after the first bake, was very crumbly when cutting for the second bake. I had to be very careful when moving the cut pieces to the pan. I do not like almond flavoring so I used vanilla instead. Otherwise, followed recipe
It was as good as advertised.
Fanastic recipe. My first time I’ve ever made biscotti’s. I did what one of the other reviewers said and that was I soaked the cranberries in a shot of grand mArnier first…..
Excellent!! Increased second baking time as suggested by others. Also soaked cranberries overnight in 2tb grand mariner ….will definitely make again & again.
I successfully used fresh cranberries that I had pulsed in the food processor- this makes for a slightly sticky batter, though not intolerably so. Just flour your work space and hands before rolling the dough into logs. Also, I didn’t have orange extract so I used about 3 Tbs zest. They are delicious and fresh! My cook time on the first bake was about 8 minutes longer than the recipe with my oven set at 375 F. Go with the recipe’s time guidance at first and then adjust in subsequent batches. These are fantastic.
First time making these, so I followed the recipe precisely. I added the orange zest, along with the extracts. Information on length of logs would be helpful, after dividing the dough, the cook is left to guess on how long/thick to make the logs. My oven is accurate, but after baking the maximum recommended time, they were still very underdone. Added 10 minutes and they were beginning to brown, but still underdone in the middle. Added 10 MORE minutes and let cool, then sliced – still somewhat dense and doughy in centers. the slices were normal biscotti sized, so the logs weren’t unduly thick when first baked. the second bake took a long time, because the slices had to be turned and re-baked several times. When they were finally crisp enough and cooled a bit, I was very disappointed at the blandness of the taste – the orange flavor was barely there, even with the extracts AND the zest. Boring and ho-hum. I suppose with a ton of tinkering, this recipe might be okay, but why bother with a total makeover? I’ll glaze these with a strong orange glaze so they’re edible, but I won’t make these again.
This was enjoyable. It went over well.
These were very tasty and I enjoyed them. I dId not have the orange zest so I left it out but think I will definitely include it next time I make them.
Quick, easy and super tasty !! For an add flavour boost….I soak the craisins in 2 tablespoons of Grand Marnier along with the orange zest, usually let sit over night if possible. I sprinkle sanding sugar on top of the loaves before the first bake, gives a nice look and a crunch.
Never having made biscotti and having a party to throw, we have made 4 kinds in the last two days. This was our first batch and by far the best. I am returning to this recipe as the base. I am now about to try it as a lavender biscotti.
Made it for hubby’s board meeting and gave some leftovers to our neighbors. This recipe was a huge hit with everyone. Making again tonight for our friends’ road trip this weekend. ??
I did make changes the second time I made them. They were great both times but I wanted more orange flavour so I added 1/2 tsp of triple sec and a squeeze of orange juice from a 1/8th slice of orange. I also added slivers of almonds and white chocolate chips. If I had white chocolate in bar from I would have added chunks instead.
Excellent recipe. Temp of oven was perfect for 25 mins. Just don’t make them too fat – then they will cook perfectly. Also, at the end at 300, I baked 7 min. on one side, turned over, 7 minutes on the other side and then 7 min upright. They were perfect and not too hard.