After I made the whole wheat cake rusks I wanted to try the Italian biscotti which are very similar to the rusks. Hence I am sharing the recipe of whole wheat cranberry and pistachio biscotti today.
How I baked whole wheat cranberry pistachio biscotti
Twice baking takes place here too but it’s the biscuit which is baked twice and in cake rusk, strips of cakes are baked to form the rusk.
In biscotti dried fruits, nuts and flavorings like cinnamon, nutmeg or fennel are used. Whatever it is, both are absolutely crispy and delicious and are perfect to dunk in your tea.
Traditionally biscotti used no forms of fat or any liquid like milk but I have used just two tablespoon of butter in cranberry and pistachio biscotti recipe.
How to make cranberry and pistachio biscotti
Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour 1 and 1/4 cup
- Cane sugar 1/3 cup
- Eggs 2
- Butter or oil 2 tablespoon
- Baking powder 1 teaspoon
- Nutmeg powder 1/4 teaspoon
- Pure vanilla extract 3/4 teaspoon
- Dried cranberries 1/3 cup
- Pistachios 1/4 cup
Method
- First, Beat the butter with sugar till the mixture is creamy. You can use a whisk or a hand blender for this.
- Then, add one egg at time and mix well. No need to beat the eggs for a long time, just blend it for a minute.
- Add vanilla extract and nutmeg powder .
- Sieve the wheat flour with baking powder. Next add the chopped cranberries and pistachios. Then add the flour to the liquid mixture to form a soft dough.
- Divide the dough into two portions and shape them into a log with your hand.
- Place both the logs on a baking dish and bake in a preheated microwave convection oven at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
- Take the logs out of the oven. When it cools down a bit, after 15 minutes slice the biscuits. Don’t slice them too thick if you want them to be crispy. Slice them in medium thickness.
- Place the cut slices of the biscuits on a parchment lined baking tray or a perforated pizza pan. I used the pizza pan which helped in baking from both sides without the need to flip it. In case you use a regular baking tray you will have to flip it half way and also turn the tray in case of baking in an OTG.
- Bake the biscuits at 160 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until nice and crisp.
- Cool the biscuits on wire rack and store in an airtight container. This will stay good for 20 days.
Notes
Use a sharp serrated knife to slice the biscottis to get neat slices.
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Hi, do we need to sieve wheat flour 5-6 times for biscotti?
Hi Kanchan, no we don’t have to do it for biscuits..
Looks so inviting! How did you slice your biscotti so thin ? My dough always tends to break a little; can never get such smooth edges. What’s the secret ??!!
Thank you ???? use a serrated knife to cut the biscuits, they won’t break
Making anything with a new recipe is also a form of creativity .So keep doing it.
Thank you ????
Wonderful share…M drooling over these..Looks so delicious..Can we make this without egg
Thanks a lot ???? but I’m afraid I don’t know how this can be made eggless. You could try adding more fat but that would change the texture of the biscuits
Ok…Will try that way..
Any Option for egg
I don’t know how this can be made eggless.. You can try by increasing the fat