Happy Easter!
You might have been able to tell I have been on a baking kick these last few weeks. I am fairly certain it has a lot to do with my daughter and I binge watching the BBC’s The Great British Baking Show. What a great show with the too cute for words Mary Berry and the most handsome silver fox Paul Hollywood just their names make them stars and those accents. I am obsessed with British accents and how they speak so eloquently even when they are mad or make a mistake. I’m pretty sure if someone with a British accent were to tell me off for doing something I did wrong I would be totally OK with it. One of the most memorable phrases for me was in National Treasure 2 “Sir, please dismount the banister” it makes me smile every time. I’m smiling now while writing it.
Abbi and I decided we were going to try making Biscotti! We had everything on hand; except the almond extract; which I am sure we could have left it out but we wanted it to be a little familiar. Within the last week my daughter has made them twice; she brought some into work and the chef du cuisine paid her to make him a batch. Yeah they are that good! And since I wanted to blog about them I made them again last night so I could share it with all of you. If you are a baker you have to make these; they are DELICIOUS and way easier than I thought they were going to be.
Ingredients
¾ cup sugar
½ cup canola oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon almond extract – you can use a little more if you want
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt – we omitted this because the pistachios were salted
¾ cup white baking chips
¾ cup dried cranberries
¾ cup pistachios
Directions
Preheat oven to 325’F
In a small bowl mixing bowl beat the sugar and oil till well blended, Add the eggs and extracts beat till blended. Combine the flour and powder and salt if you are using it. Gradually add to the sugar mixture. Stir in the last 3 ingredients.
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home