{"id":692,"date":"2011-12-04T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/12\/cranberry-almond-biscotti-from-2008.html"},"modified":"2011-12-04T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T23:43:00","slug":"cranberry-almond-biscotti-from-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/12\/cranberry-almond-biscotti-from-2008.html","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Almond Biscotti: From 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made these last evening also.  I didn’t have enough almonds, but had plenty of almond extract so these taste SO GOOD this year!<\/p>\n

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Cranberry Almond Biscotti<\/a>. This is a recipe I’ve been making for over 10 years.  This is one sophisticated cookie…cranberries are always so, well, holiday<\/em>! What’s cool is that the only fat in the cookie is in the eggs (well, the almonds, too, I guess)!!!! So that makes them as healthy as my Holiday Surprise Cookies<\/a>, right???<\/p>\n

So here we go…<\/p>\n

The dough mixes up pretty straightforward in the stand mixer: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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This dough will be sticky…be prepared to keep your hands floured for the next part: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Now, divide the dough into portions and pat it into logs of 2-3″ width onto an ungreased cookie sheet, or, in my case, baking stone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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You’ll bake these in two shifts. The first shift is at 325, so don’t expect the logs to be browned when they’re done, just a little puffier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Remove these bars to a cooling rack. I use two spatulas, one on each end of the bar, to move them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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After about 15-20 minutes of cooling, you will then cut the bars into 1\/2 – 3\/4″ wide slices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Move the slices back to the baking stone, this is going to bake at a VERY low temperature, so don’t be shy: pack ’em in! <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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These will bake at 300F for another 15-20 minutes, until super crispy-firm-dried-out. The way biscotti’s supposed to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Unfortunately, on this batch, there was leftover sugar on the baking stones from the Holiday Surprise cookies, so pardon the green sugar on the bottom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Happy Holiday Baking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made these last evening also.  I didn’t have enough almonds, but had plenty of almond extract so these taste SO GOOD this year! ****************************** Cranberry Almond Biscotti. This is a recipe I’ve been making for over 10 years.  This is one sophisticated cookie…cranberries are always so, well, holiday! What’s cool is that the only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[184,75,8,185,54],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-ba","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":270,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/11\/cranberry-almond-biscotti.html","url_meta":{"origin":692,"position":0},"title":"Cranberry Almond Biscotti","date":"26 November 08","format":false,"excerpt":"So as promised, here's some more cookie closeups from the Vollmer House.Cranberry Almond Biscotti. This is one sophisticated cookie...cranberries are always so, well, holiday! 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