Gingerbread Biscotti
Traditional Italian cookies spiced with all the flavors of the holiday season, ready for a dunk in some eggnog!
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter melted
- 3 Tablespoons (60g) molasses
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (100g) packed brown sugar
- 1 and 3/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon (225g) all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- pinch of black pepper
- powdered sugar for dusting if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (177ºC). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Lightly flour the baking sheet. Set aside.
- In a medium size bowl, whisk together butter, molasses, egg, vanilla extract, and brown sugar until combined. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss together the flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently mix with a large wooden spoon or sturdy rubber spatula until everything is combined.
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured baking sheet and, with floured hands, pat dough into a rectangle about ½" thick. My rectangle was 6" wide and 7 and ½" long (using a ruler or a ruled silicone baking mat is helpful here).
- Bake dough slab for 20-22 minutes, or until the sides of the slab are lightly browned. The slab will be slightly cracked-- this is ok. Remove baked slab from the oven, but do not turn off the heat. Place baking sheet on a wire rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Once the dough is cool enough to touch, cut into 1" thick slices using a sharp knife. Cut these 1" slices in half, making a perpendicular slice down the entire slab. Set slices cut sides up on the baking sheet.
- Return to the oven to bake for 6 minutes. Remove from oven, turn biscotti over, and bake the other side for 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 3 minutes on the baking sheet (cookies will become crunchy as they cool). Transfer biscotti to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired, before serving. Biscotti stay fresh in an airtight container up to 2 weeks. Baked biscotti may be frozen up to 3 months.