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Ginger Biscotti

Here’s where I put half of the candied ginger that I made the other day. These twice-baked cookies are loaded with spices, very different from what I usually make- with chocolates and nuts. This is my first time to bake with ginger and actually taste this kind of biscotti. They’re not bad for something without any chocolates in it. I just baked these today, I still have to find out how it’ll taste tomorrow. Some baked goods taste better after a 24-hour period. These ginger biscotti are not as crunchy and dry as the regular biscotti, they’re still a bit soft in the middle.

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Biscotti are made for dunking, it’s great with any of your favorite drink. Chocolate, tea or coffee. I made a white chocolate espresso for these with a dash of cinnamon in it and it’s yummy :). I tried dunking it in green tea too; not bad at all but I prefer the coffee with white chocolate better.

Here’s a photo gallery of how I made these biscotti. Have fun baking! –Olive

RECIPE FOR GINGER BISCOTTI
adapted from King Arthur’s Flour

Biscotti is an Italian word meaning twice-baked or cooked

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons (3 ounces) butter
2/3 cup (5 ounces) brown sugar, packed
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 large eggs
2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) All-Purpose Flour
1 cup (6 1/2 ounces) finely diced crystallized ginger

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) one large (about 18 x 13-inch) baking sheet.

In a medium-sized bowl, beat the butter, sugar, salt, spices, vanilla, and baking powder until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Beat in the eggs; the batter may look slightly curdled.

At low speed of your mixer, add the flour and crystallized ginger, stirring until smooth; the dough will be quite soft and sticky, but should hold its shape when you drop it from a spoon.

Transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet, and shape it into a rough log about 14″ long. It will be about 2 ½” wide, and about ¾” thick. Using your wet fingers, smooth the top and sides of the log.

Bake the dough for 25 minutes. Remove it from the oven, and allow it to cool on the pan anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes; just work it into the schedule of whatever else you’re doing in the kitchen. Using a spray bottle filled with room-temperature water, lightly but thoroughly spritz the log, making sure to cover the sides as well as the top. Softening the crust just this little bit will make slicing the biscotti much easier.

Reduce the oven temperature to 325°F. Wait another 5 minutes, then use a serrated knife to cut the log into ½” to ¾” slices. Cut at a 45° angle, for long biscotti; cut crosswise slices, for shorter biscotti. As you’re slicing, be sure to cut straight up and down, perpendicular to the pan; if you cut unevenly, biscotti may be thicker at the top than the bottom, and they’ll topple over during their second bake.

Set the biscotti on edge on the prepared baking sheet. Return the biscotti to the oven, and bake them for 25 to 30 minutes, till they feel very dry. They’ll still feel a tiny bit moist in the very center, if you break off a piece; but they’ll continue to dry out as they cool.

Remove the biscotti from the oven, and transfer them to a rack to cool. Once they’re cool, store airtight, to preserve their texture.

If biscotti aren’t as crunchy as you’d like (and the weather is dry), store them uncovered, overnight, to continue drying. Biscotti can be stored at room temperature for one week; for longer storage, wrap airtight and freeze.

Yield: about 16 large (about 5 ½” long) biscotti.

Variation: For smaller biscotti, shape the dough into two 12″ logs, about 2″ wide. Bake as directed above.
Yield: about 3 dozen mini-biscotti.

Ginger Biscotti

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Instructions
 

  • PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 350°F. LIGHTLY GREASE (OR LINE WITH PARCHMENT) ONE LARGE (ABOUT 18 X 13-INCH) BAKING SHEET.
  • IN A MEDIUM-SIZED BOWL, BEAT THE BUTTER, SUGAR, SALT, SPICES, VANILLA, AND BAKING POWDER UNTIL THE MIXTURE IS SMOOTH AND CREAMY. BEAT IN THE EGGS; THE BATTER MAY LOOK SLIGHTLY CURDLED.
  • AT LOW SPEED OF YOUR MIXER, ADD THE FLOUR AND CRYSTALLIZED GINGER, STIRRING UNTIL SMOOTH; THE DOUGH WILL BE QUITE SOFT AND STICKY, BUT SHOULD HOLD ITS SHAPE WHEN YOU DROP IT FROM A SPOON.
  • TRANSFER THE DOUGH TO THE PREPARED BAKING SHEET, AND SHAPE IT INTO A ROUGH LOG ABOUT 14″ LONG. IT WILL BE ABOUT 2 ½” WIDE, AND ABOUT ¾” THICK. USING YOUR WET FINGERS, SMOOTH THE TOP AND SIDES OF THE LOG.
  • BAKE THE DOUGH FOR 25 MINUTES. REMOVE IT FROM THE OVEN, AND ALLOW IT TO COOL ON THE PAN ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 25 MINUTES; JUST WORK IT INTO THE SCHEDULE OF WHATEVER ELSE YOU’RE DOING IN THE KITCHEN. USING A SPRAY BOTTLE FILLED WITH ROOM-TEMPERATURE WATER, LIGHTLY BUT THOROUGHLY SPRITZ THE LOG, MAKING SURE TO COVER THE SIDES AS WELL AS THE TOP. SOFTENING THE CRUST JUST THIS LITTLE BIT WILL MAKE SLICING THE BISCOTTI MUCH EASIER.
  • REDUCE THE OVEN TEMPERATURE TO 325°F. WAIT ANOTHER 5 MINUTES, THEN USE A SERRATED KNIFE TO CUT THE LOG INTO ½” TO ¾” SLICES. CUT AT A 45° ANGLE, FOR LONG BISCOTTI; CUT CROSSWISE SLICES, FOR SHORTER BISCOTTI. AS YOU’RE SLICING, BE SURE TO CUT STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, PERPENDICULAR TO THE PAN; IF YOU CUT UNEVENLY, BISCOTTI MAY BE THICKER AT THE TOP THAN THE BOTTOM, AND THEY’LL TOPPLE OVER DURING THEIR SECOND BAKE.
  • SET THE BISCOTTI ON EDGE ON THE PREPARED BAKING SHEET. RETURN THE BISCOTTI TO THE OVEN, AND BAKE THEM FOR 25 TO 30 MINUTES, TILL THEY FEEL VERY DRY. THEY’LL STILL FEEL A TINY BIT MOIST IN THE VERY CENTER, IF YOU BREAK OFF A PIECE; BUT THEY’LL CONTINUE TO DRY OUT AS THEY COOL.
  • REMOVE THE BISCOTTI FROM THE OVEN, AND TRANSFER THEM TO A RACK TO COOL. ONCE THEY’RE COOL, STORE AIRTIGHT, TO PRESERVE THEIR TEXTURE.
  • IF BISCOTTI AREN’T AS CRUNCHY AS YOU’D LIKE (AND THE WEATHER IS DRY), STORE THEM UNCOVERED, OVERNIGHT, TO CONTINUE DRYING. BISCOTTI CAN BE STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR ONE WEEK; FOR LONGER STORAGE, WRAP AIRTIGHT AND FREEZE.
  • YIELD: ABOUT 16 LARGE (ABOUT 5 ½” LONG) BISCOTTI.
  • VARIATION: FOR SMALLER BISCOTTI, SHAPE THE DOUGH INTO TWO 12″ LOGS, ABOUT 2″ WIDE. BAKE AS DIRECTED ABOVE.
  • YIELD: ABOUT 3 DOZEN MINI-BISCOTTI.
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