Gingered White Chocolate Biscotti Recipes

CHOCOLATE, HAZELNUT AND GINGER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Add 3 eggs and vanilla; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and crystallized ginger (dough will be firm). Turn dough out onto floured surface. Gather into ball. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into 12-inch-long log. Transfer logs to prepared baking sheet, spacing 3 inches apart. Flatten each to 2 1/2-inch-wide log. Whisk remaining egg in small bowl to blend. Brush logs with some of beaten egg.
• Bake logs until golden and firm to touch, about 35 minutes. Cool logs on baking sheet 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Transfer logs to cutting board. Using serrated knife, cut logs crosswise into scant 1/2-inch-wide slices. Place slices, cut side down, on large baking sheets. Bake until firm, about 15 minutes. Transfer biscotti to racks and cool completely.
• Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Place biscotti on rack set over baking sheet. Using spoon, drizzle melted white chocolate decoratively in zigzag pattern over biscotti. Let stand until chocolate is firm. (Can be prepared ahead. Store biscotti in airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks or freeze up to 1 month.)

GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• In a large bowl, mix together oil, sugar, eggs, and molasses. In another bowl, combine flours, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; mix into egg mixture to form a stiff dough.
• Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a roll the length of the cookie. Place rolls on cookie sheet, and pat down to flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool.
• When cool enough to touch, cut into 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices. Place sliced biscotti on cookie sheet, and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes on each side, or until toasted and crispy.

CHEF JOHN'S GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cayenne together in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, and molasses in a bowl; mix with a spatula until creamy. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add vanilla and chopped ginger. Mix and mash with the whisk until ginger is evenly distributed and coated with the butter-sugar mixture, about 1 minute.
• Mix in 1/2 of the dry ingredients with a spatula until incorporated. Mix in remaining dry ingredients until dough is very wet and sticky.
• Transfer dough to a long piece of plastic wrap, using a buttered knife to help if necessary. Wrap plastic around the dough and shape with your hands into a uniform log, about 12 to 14 inches long by 2 1/2 inches wide. Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
• Remove dough from the refrigerator, unwrap, and place on the prepared baking sheet. Wet your fingers and smooth out any edges.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Remove loaf from the oven, cover with a clean towel, and let sit for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Uncover the loaf and brush a little water around the bottom edge to soften. Transfer to a cutting board.
• Use a serrated knife to cut the loaf into 1/2-inch slices. Cut at an angle for longer biscotti, or straight across for shorter ones. Transfer slices back to the baking sheet.
• Return to the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Flip biscotti and cook until they are dry and crispy all the way through, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool to room temperature.
• Place melted white chocolate into a plastic bag. Snip off a corner and pipe over biscotti. Let sit until chocolate has cooled and hardened, about 30 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 cookie sheets.
• Combine sugar, butter, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add flour, almonds, apricots, orange juice, melted white chocolate, chopped white chocolate, baking powder, salt, and almond extract. Mix until well blended; dough will be sticky and very soft.
• Divide dough in 1/2 and carefully form into 2 long logs, each about 2-inches wide. Place each log on a prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes, keeping a close eye that they don't get too brown. Cool on the cookie sheets for 10 minutes. Cut logs into 1/2-inch wide strips.
• Place cookies back on cookie sheets. Return to the oven and bake for 10 more minutes. Cool completely before serving.

DOUBLE GINGER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Make cake and cookie mix as directed on box for gingersnaps, using 1/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup water. Stir in ginger. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into 11x5-inch rectangle on cookie sheet.
• Bake 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 10 minutes. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet.
• Bake about 15 minutes, turning once, until crisp and light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave white chocolate uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring once, until softened and chocolate can be stirred smooth. Dip one end of each cookie about halfway into white chocolate. Place on waxed paper until set.

CRYSTALLIZED GINGER BISCOTTI WITH ALMONDS AND WHITE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a large baking sheet.
• In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla and then slowly mix in the flour and other dry ingredients.
• With a spoon stir in the crystallized ginger, almonds and white chocolate chips until well combined.
• Divide dough in half and roll each portion into logs about 12 inches long.
• Place on prepared baking sheet and flatten each log slightly with your hand and then round off the edges a bit.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet.
• Carefully lift onto a cutting surface and slice with a serrated bread knife, using a gentle sawing motion, almost an inch thick.
• Transfer slices back onto the baking sheet, standing them up.
• Bake for an additional 10 to 12 minutes to dry them out, not letting them get too brown.
• Cool completely on a wire rack and then store in an airtight container.

GINGER BISCOTTI WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Blend white and brown sugars, chopped chocolate, butter, eggs, molasses and vanilla.
• Stir in flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and allspice.
• Stir into a stiff dough.
• Dough will be fairly dry.
• Roll out to a thickness of 1/2 inch and cut into preferred shapes.
• Preheat oven to 350F and bake on a cookie sheet for about 25 minutes (this biscotti is only baked once).
• Let cookies cool, then dip into melted white chocolate.

LEMON GINGER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger and salt in a large bowl.
• stir in crystallized ginger.
• mix lemon rind, lemon juice and eggs together and stir into flour mixture.
• the dough will be crumbly.
• turn dough out to a lightly floured surface, knead 7-8 times.
• divide dough in half.
• shape each half into a log.
• spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray, place logs 6" apart.
• combine water and eggwhite and brush over tops.
• sprinkle with sugar.
• bake for 20 minutes.
• remove to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
• slice each log diagonally into 3/4" slices.
• place back on baking sheet, upright.
• lower oven to 325.
• bake 20 minutes, remove to a wire rack, cool.

GINGERED WHITE CHOCOLATE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to at 350°F.
• Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Combine the vanilla and next 2 ingredients, and add to the flour mixture.
• Stir until well blended (dough will be dry).
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 7 or 8 times.
• Shape dough into a 16-inch long roll.
• Place roll on a greased baking sheet coated with cooking spray, and flatten roll to 1-inch thickness.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove the roll from the baking sheet to a wire rack, and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Cut the roll diagonally into 1/2" slices.
• Place, cut sides down on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 more minutes.
• Turn cookies over and bake an additional 10 minutes (cookies will be slightly soft in the center but will harden as they cool).
• Remove cookies from the baking sheet and let cool completely.

DARK CHOCOLATE GINGER BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the egg, egg yolk, and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Beat in vanilla and oil until well combined.
• With the mixer on low, beat in dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in walnuts, chocolate and ginger by hand with a rubber spatula.
• With moistened hands, shape the dough into 2 logs, each about 9 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Bake until set on top, about 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Transfer logs to a cutting board and with a serrated knife, cut each log on the diagonal into 16 slices, each 1/2-inch thick. Return slices to the baking sheet and bake until crisp, about 20 minutes, turning the biscotti over halfway through. Cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

DRIZZLED GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, molasses and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flours, spices, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in crystallized ginger., Divide dough in half. On an ungreased baking sheet, shape each half into a 14x2-in. rectangle. Bake 20-25 minutes or until firm to the touch., Cool on pans on wire racks until cool enough to handle. Transfer baked rectangles to a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1/2-in. slices. Place upright 1-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a microwave, melt baking chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over biscotti. Decorate with Red Hots.