If you’re a coffee drinker, then biscotti is the coffee cookie for you! If you’re not all that familiar with biscotti, it happens to be a cookie that makes a good treat to have when you’re sipping your morning (or afternoon) coffee. It’s not super sugary or anything. As the name suggests, biscotti is more like a “biscuit.” It’s crisp, but it softens up when you dunk it in coffee or hot chocolate. Gingerbread Biscotti is the flavor of biscotti that you must make during the holidays. It’s perfectly holiday flavored with molasses and spices. And it’s not as much of an indulgent treat as the other cookies you’ll see this time of year.
How to make Gingerbread Biscotti:
All biscotti is made the same, and it’s totally not the way you make regular cookies. Biscotti are non-traditional cookies. You make the dough, divide it in two and pat it into two logs. Then you’ll bake the logs whole. When they come out of the oven, you’ll take a serrated knife and gently slice the logs into pieces. Then those slices are placed back onto the baking sheet and they are baked a little longer to become crisp.
Gingerbread Biscotti is flavored with molasses and brown sugar (that gives it a good gingerbread flavor!) Orange zest, pecans and chopped apricots are in this biscotti too. There’s just enough of those extra goodies dotted throughout the biscotti to give it a more interesting flavor and texture.
Storing and make-ahead tips:
Gingerbread Biscotti makes a great gift because it can last up two two weeks if kept in a well-sealed container. They’re perfect for shipping, if you want to mail someone a homemade holiday gift (maybe with a mug or a coffee shop gift card!) They’re a crisp cookie, so freezing them in a well-sealed container will work too. They should be fine stored in the freezer for several weeks.
Add a drizzle!
Serving suggestion: melt some white chocolate and drizzle it on top of the Gingerbread Biscotti, if desired. It’s really good that way!
Here are a few more biscotti recipes you might like to try:
Holiday Biscotti Coconut Biscotti Raspberry Lemonade Biscotti Chocolate Chip Biscotti Orange- Pistachio Biscotti Brown Sugar- Cinnamon Biscotti Almond Biscotti Double Chocolate Biscotti
