Cran-Orange-Choc.Chip Biscotti
B U F F A L O C R A N B E R R Y O R A N G E - C H O C O L A T E W H I T E B L I Z Z A R D C H I P B I S C O T T I
If you think Buffalo is only notorious for the "Buffalo (NO GOAL) Sabres", the "Buffalo (ALMOST) Bills" and "Wicked Winters"...hold on to you taste buds for the next big storm. YOU HAVE BEEN PROPERLY WARNED. Read on at your own risk! After being urged by family, friends and anyone who enjoyed one of these delicious cookies, I finally decided to answer your quest for your next best cookie. What could be more natural and wholesome than fresh eggs, flour, natural sugar combined with pure cranberries peacefully co-existing with a blend of semi sweet chocolate and white chips lounging on a bed of sweet orange milk chocolate? If your taste buds are suddenly awakened and you can't stop wondering if this cookie treat could possibly come close to the visual you now have embedded in your head...get to the kitchen and have at it! And probably the best endorsement for these biscotti thatI hold near and dear to me is when I receive accolades from those "little old Italian ladies" who can not believe just how delicious these cookies are. I am humbled.
1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
1 tsp. Orange extract
2 lg. eggs
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking powder
3/4 cup dried craisins (Original Cranberry)
3/4 cup chocolate mini chips and vanilla chips
12 ounces of chocolate for dipping cookies (9 oz. orange chocolate, 3 oz. semi sweet)
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Mix together olive oil and sugar. Add vanilla and orange extract and eggs. BEAT UNTIL BLENDED WELL. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt and baking powder. Incorporate the dry ingredients INTO egg mixture. Fold in craisins and chips. Mixture will be very sticky. Wet hands, put dough on cookie sheet in a log shape. Should get 2 logs. Bake on center oven rack for 35 minutes or until light brown. Let cool for 15 minutes on a cookie rack. Cut logs @1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. Place cookies back on cookie sheet standing upright not touching each other. Bake at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. Let stand until cool. Melt chocolate in double boiler. Dip each cookie on one side and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry. You may set cookie sheet in the refrigerator to cool quicker. After chocolate dries, store in air tight container on wax paper between layers and refrigerate.
on 05/24/07
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