Cinnamon Espresso Chip Biscotti Recipes

ESPRESSO BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper.
• Cream together butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, cinnamon, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Mix dry ingredients into the egg mixture. Stir in the espresso powder, orange zest, chocolate chips, dried apricots, dried cranberries and almonds.
• Shape dough into two equal logs approximately 12 inches long by 2 inches diameter. Place logs on baking sheet, and flatten out to about 1 inch thickness. Brush the log with egg wash.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden and the center is firm, about 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven to cool on the pans. When loaves are cool enough to handle, use a serrated knife to slice the loaves diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices. Return the slices to the baking sheet.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Bake until they start turning light brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely, and store in an airtight container at room temperature.

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Position a rack in the top third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together the flour, sugars, espresso powder, baking soda, anise seed, salt and chocolate chunks in a large bowl. Add the beaten eggs and stir with a wooden spoon until the dough starts to come together (it will be fairly dry before you knead it). Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough, squeezing it and pressing it against the surface, until you can form it into a ball, 15 to 20 times. Shape the dough into a flat log about 16 inches long and 2 inches wide. Cut the log in half crosswise. Brush the tops with a little bit of water and sprinkle the top and sides with some turbinado sugar.
• Place the logs side by side on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Transfer the logs to a cutting board and cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 1/2-inch slices. Place the cookies cut-side up on a baking sheet and bake until golden, about 10 minutes. Turn the cookies over and bake until golden on the other side, 8 to 10 more minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. The centers will be slightly soft at first, but will crisp up as they cool.

ESPRESSO BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer mix together the flour, espresso powder, cinnamon, baking soda and powder, sugar, salt and orange zest. In a small bowl beat together the eggs and vanilla. Add them all at once to the dry ingredients and beat until a dough is formed. Stir in almonds.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured board and form it into a ball. Halve it and form each half into a log approximately 12 inches long and 2 inches wide. Arrange logs on a buttered and floured baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
• Bake logs in the middle of oven for 40 minutes or until they are firm all over and browned. Remove them from the oven, let cool for a few minutes. On a cutting board slice logs on a diagonal about 1/2 inch thick. Arrange the slices back on baking sheet and bake them for approximately 10 minutes on each side or until golden throughout.
• Cool biscotti to room temperature. Store them in an airtight container in single layers between waxed paper for up to 2 weeks.

HOW TO MAKE BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Move oven racks to top and bottom 1/3 of the oven. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. Preheat oven to 325ºF. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside. Stir espresso powder and vanilla together. With an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, and espresso mixture for several minutes until thickened. On low speed, mix in flour. Once combined, stir in chocolate chips. With wet hands, form dough into 2 logs, one on each sheet, about 4 inches wide and 3/4 inch tall. Bake for 25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Remove the sheets from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, move one of the oven racks to the center. After 10 minutes, spray the logs with water. Use a serrated knife to slice the cookies straight up and down, about 3/4 inch wide. Place all of the cut cookies, standing up, on one cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes more. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Store cookies in a container at room temperature. They won't go stale, but if they soften a bit, crisp them up by baking them for about 5 minutes at 300ºF.

CINNAMON MOCHA BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F on convection bake setting.
• note that if you do not have a convection oven setting baking times will have to be increased a bit at all stages in the recipe.
• Combine butter, sugars and espresso or coffee granules in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla and mix briefly.
• Add flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and mix until well blended.
• Fold in pecans, chocolate morsels and cinnamon chips.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Scoop dough out onto paper and form into a large rectangle, ¾-inch thick.
• Bake 25 minutes, or until firm.
• Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes.
• Use a serrated knife to cut the dough into ½-inch thick slices.
• Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and return to the oven for 8 minutes.
• Turn and bake 8 minutes more.
• Remove from oven and cool completely on wire racks before storing in an airtight container.

CINNAMON ESPRESSO CHIP BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Combine first four ingredients Add eggs, one at a time Mix flour, baking powder, salt and cinnimon Combine flour mixture to butter mixture Add mini chocolate chips Toast almonds in 350 oven til golden (careful since they will burn easily) about 10 minutes Add toasted almonds to dough Divide dough in half Shape dough into two logs approx 10x2 Bake logs at 350 25 minutes Cool logs on wire racks 5 min. Cut (diag.) w/serrated knife 1/2" slices Bake slices 350 10 minutes Turn over and bake other side at 350 10 minutes Cool biscotti on wire racks 10 minutes Melt choclate and oil together Drizzle over cooled biscotti Allow chocolate to cool comletely. Note: To freeze, place biscotti on cookie sheet in one layer in freezer until frozen. Then, place biscotti in freezer bags until ready to use.