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Cherry Blossom Biscotti

A traditional biscotti recipe with the flavors of spring! Cherries + White Chocolate!

Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Keyword biscotti
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 30
Calories 136 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • Up to 4 tbs water
  • 1/3 cup blanched almonds toasted
  • 1/2 cup whole almonds toasted and chopped
  • 8 ounces white chocolate 2 Ghiradelli baking bars*, cut into small chunks (1 bar for melting, 1 bar for mixing into the biscotti)
  • 1/2 cup dried tart cherries soaked in amaretto then chopped
  • 1 tsp coconut oil or vegetable oil
  • amaretto

Instructions

  1. Soaking the dried tart cherries in amaretto for at least an hour is recommended to enhance flavor and soften them. Chop into bite size pieces.
  2. Toast the two sets of almonds on separate cookie sheets. See notes for toasting recommendations.
  3. Heat oven to 375°.
  4. Grease large sheet pan.
  5. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar together.
  6. Transfer 1/2 cup of the mixture to a food processor and add the toasted almonds.
  7. Grind until fine and powdery (about 45 sec).
  8. Add dry ingredients.
  9. Add chopped cherries, chopped whole almonds and white chocolate chunks. Mix together.
  10. Whisk eggs, extract, and sake together. Add to dry ingredients and mix. If too dry add 1 tbsp water, up to 4 tbs.
  11. Turn dough onto floured surface (flour your hands too) and cut into 2 pieces.
  12. Press out to 5x13x1 flattened logs. Don't be afraid to use extra flour to keep the dough from sticking to your surface.
  13. Transfer logs to pan. Bake 25-30 min. Rotate pan after 15 min.
  14. Let cool 30 min.
  15. Reduce temp to 300° and cut logs diagonally with serrated knife. It's easiest to line up your knife and press down to cut rather than trying to slice back and forth.
  16. Grease pan again. Lay slices on side and bake 25 min. Let cool in oven.
  17. Once cool, melt white chocolate with 1 tsp of coconut oil in a double boiler or very slowly in the microwave on super low heat. Drizzle chocolate over biscotti.

Notes

Toast blanched almonds at 350° for just a few minutes until they just start to take on a hint of toasty brown color. The whole almonds will take about 8 min.

*It's important to use the right white chocolate for drizzling on top. The Ghiradelli white chocolate chips and baking bar ingredients differ which makes a HUGE difference when melting chocolate. The ingredients list for Ghirardelli's Classic White baking chips includes no white chocolate, cocoa or cocoa butter making it a dry mess when you try to melt it for drizzling.

When melting chocolate, adding a bit of oil helps the chocolate remain smooth and liquidy for drizzling.

The ration of dry ingredients to wet ingredients is one aspect that affects the crispiness or hardness of biscotti. One egg per one cup of flour and 1 tablespoon of liquor per one cup of flour are a good guideline for creating your own biscotti variety.

Nutrition Facts
Cherry Blossom Biscotti
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 136
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.