With these Honey Pistachio Biscotti, I would like a do-over. ย Please and thank you. ย You know what a do-over is: another chance, a big pink eraser for life, apple Z on a Mac. ย See, this biscotti recipe called for dried cranberries to accompany the pistachios. ย Cranberries would have been lovely, right? ย Well I was completely out, and couldn’t muster up the gumption to get to the store to buy any. ย Well that was a mistake, and as mention before, I would like a do-over.
Here are a few other things I would like a do-over on… since I’m here-
-Dressing up as an Old Granny for Halloween when I was 17. ย That was the year when all the female costumes got a little more risque. ย I didn’t get the memo that French maid and slutty witch were in fashion, and it was just awkward. ย Who wants an Old Granny at a Halloween party? ย I think it was my Mom’s idea. ย Do-over please.
– Cheating on a spelling test when I was in 5th grade. ย I was a horrible cheater and would have done better on the test if I had just tried myself.
-Not telling Hayden, my first crush that I was was dreamy eyed overย him. ย Those were back in the days when my bangs were doing strange things with hairspray… yea. ย Do-over on both the secret crush and the bangs please.
Ok, enough is enough. ย Back to the cookies. ย These biscotti turned out crisp and crunchy, with a round sweetness from the honey. ย They weren’t a complete disaster. ย I did manage to eat most of them myself. ย I just can’t help but think how much more glorious they would have been with the cranberries. ย I bet they would also be good with if you left out the honey and added chunks of white chocolate!
Cranberry Honey Pistachio Biscotti
adapted fromย the Gourmet Cookbook
1 1/3 cup dried cranberries
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
scant 1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup shelled, salted natural pistachios (not dyed red)
1 large egg beaten with one teaspoon of water, for an egg wash
Soak cranberries in boiling water to cover in a small bowl until softened, about 10 minutes. ย Drain, then pat them dry with a paper towel.
Put a rack in the middle of oven and preheat oven to 325 degrees F. ย Butter and flour a large baking sheet, knocking off excess flour.
Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. ย Add eggs, vanilla and honey and mix with an electric mixer at medium speed until dough forms. ย Add cranberries ad pistachios and mix at low speed.
Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead several times. ย Halve dough. ย Using floured hands, form each half into a slightly flattened 13-by-2-inch log on baking sheet, spacing logs about 3 inches apart. ย Brush logs with egg wash.
Bake until golden 25 to 30 minutes. ย Cool logs on baking sheet on a rack for 10 minutes. ย (Leave oven on.)
Transfer logs to a cutting board. ย With a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch thick slices. ย Arrange slices, cut side down in one layer on a baking sheet (it’s fine if slices touch each other). ย Bake, turning once, until golden and crisp, 20-25 minutes. ย Transfer biscotti to racks to cool.
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One and a half cups is SO not enough flour. It was more like a batter than a dough…I ended up having to use close to 6 cups of flour to get it to a dough-like consistancy. Theyre in the oven now…hopefully they turn out ok!
i just tried this recipe and added extra flour (2 1/2 c total) and the dough was still too wet. should there be butter in this recipe?
I’m about to make these and I went on the gourmet site (soon to be gone forever =( ). They used 2 1/2 cups of flour, so I think I’m going to try that way. Hopefully it works!
p.s., I loooove this site. Everything I’ve made from these recipes has been a hit!
Are you sure the amount of flour required here is 1 1/2 cups and not
2 1/2 cups? I saw an almost identical recipe described on epicurious.com website (without honey) and attributed to Carol Field, and it contained 2 1/2 cups of flour. Also, for the amount of sugar used in this recipe, 1 1/2 cups of flour appears to be too little. Thanks.
Yes, there’s way too little flour! I followed the recipe exactly and it didn’t form dough so much as cake batter. I spent $10 on those pistachios. :(
Um…yes…the childhood bangs… I feel ya. Do-over PLEASE! What was I thinking!??!?! But hey, if we never made mistakes, we’d never learn from them, right…? At any rate, these biscotti still look good, even if you’d like a do-over :).
This looks truly spectacular! I’ve made biscotti before but they tend to get a little bit harder…maybe b’coz I used 2 eggs?? rest of the ingredients were same as yours…any suggestions?:)
Girl, you are blogging faster than your shadow..I can keep up!
What a great biscotti recipe, simple, fresh and I bet delicious!!
Those look really great. I have never tried pistachio biscotti but those on your photos look very convincing :-)
I absolutely love pistachios and pairing it with honey in a biscotti is fantastic. Looks lovely Joy!
Oh, I could probably go on for quite some time about all of the the things I’d like to do over. But this biscotti sounds worthy of a do over!
And, hey… you live and learn, right? White Chocolate and cranberries sound like they’d be a lovely addition. In fact, maybe dipping the biscotti in a little white chocolate just might do the trick. Your pictures are amazing!
I have too many do-overs to list. Its a loooong list.
Your biscotti look fab!
Ha ha, dressing up as a granny! I’d wanna do that over again too ;)
Love the addition of honey in the biscotti. Love the picture of the pistachio’s!
Great post Joy! I have a love/hate relationship with biscotti. Sometimes they are just too damn hard to eat :(
If I could have a do-over it would be to
1. Tell my boyfriend that I liked him in Year 10 instead of Year 12 so that we could of had another 2 years together :)
2. Thinking that having cropped hair for almost 5 years was attractive. Luckily I’ve grown it out this year so I’m looking much better!
3. Going to university straight out of high school. I wish I went around the world for a year instead :)
Mmm, pistachios.
I think your biscotti looks perfect. I wish I could have loaned you some cranberries. We have a gigantic bag of them here.