Making the perfect ginger chocolate chip biscotti involves selecting the right recipe and understanding the essential steps involved in the baking process. This delightful Italian cookie, characterized by its crisp texture and double-baking method, offers a delectable combination of ginger's warmth and chocolate chips' richness. With careful attention to ingredient proportions, baking times, and cooling techniques, you can create a delightful biscotti that will impress your friends and family. Discover the secrets of crafting delectable ginger chocolate chip biscotti with our comprehensive guide, which provides a step-by-step approach to achieving the perfect balance of flavors and textures.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI
These spicy Italian cookies are the perfect accompaniment for cocoa or coffee during the holiday season! Serve with lemon curd or drizzle with lemon flavored almond bark for a special treat.
Provided by CRISTINA GOMEZ
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 1h5m
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
- In a large bowl, mix together oil, sugar, eggs, and molasses. In another bowl, combine flours, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; mix into egg mixture to form a stiff dough.
- Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a roll the length of the cookie. Place rolls on cookie sheet, and pat down to flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool.
- When cool enough to touch, cut into 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices. Place sliced biscotti on cookie sheet, and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes on each side, or until toasted and crispy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 70 calories, Carbohydrate 12.1 g, Cholesterol 11.6 mg, Fat 2 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 26.5 mg, Sugar 5.2 g
CHOCOLATE, HAZELNUT AND GINGER BISCOTTI
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Add 3 eggs and vanilla; beat until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts and crystallized ginger (dough will be firm). Turn dough out onto floured surface. Gather into ball. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into 12-inch-long log. Transfer logs to prepared baking sheet, spacing 3 inches apart. Flatten each to 2 1/2-inch-wide log. Whisk remaining egg in small bowl to blend. Brush logs with some of beaten egg.
- Bake logs until golden and firm to touch, about 35 minutes. Cool logs on baking sheet 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
- Transfer logs to cutting board. Using serrated knife, cut logs crosswise into scant 1/2-inch-wide slices. Place slices, cut side down, on large baking sheets. Bake until firm, about 15 minutes. Transfer biscotti to racks and cool completely.
- Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Place biscotti on rack set over baking sheet. Using spoon, drizzle melted white chocolate decoratively in zigzag pattern over biscotti. Let stand until chocolate is firm. (Can be prepared ahead. Store biscotti in airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks or freeze up to 1 month.)
CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCOTTI
With a hint of apricots, these chocolate chip biscotti taste great alongside a cup of coffee or tea.Friends and family are always happy to receive a batch for Christmas.-Theresa Smith, Lee, New Hampshire
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 3 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/2 cups sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. , Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in apricots and chocolate chips. , Divide dough in half. On ungreased baking sheets, shape each portion into a 12-in. x 2-1/2-in. rectangle. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes or until firm. Cool for 5 minutes. , Transfer to a cutting board; cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 1/2-in. slices. Place cut side down on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. , Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 320 calories, Fat 12g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 69mg cholesterol, Sodium 215mg sodium, Carbohydrate 49g carbohydrate (26g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
DOUBLE GINGER BISCOTTI
Treat your guests with these chocolate biscotti made using Betty Crocker® cake and cookie mix - a perfect Italian dessert.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 44
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Make cake and cookie mix as directed on box for gingersnaps, using 1/4 cup flour, 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup water. Stir in ginger. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into 11x5-inch rectangle on cookie sheet.
- Bake 30 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 10 minutes. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet.
- Bake about 15 minutes, turning once, until crisp and light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
- In small microwavable bowl, microwave white chocolate uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring once, until softened and chocolate can be stirred smooth. Dip one end of each cookie about halfway into white chocolate. Place on waxed paper until set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 75, Carbohydrate 12 g, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 88 mg
DARK CHOCOLATE GINGER BISCOTTI
Make and share this Dark Chocolate Ginger Biscotti recipe from Food.com.
Provided by TattooedMamaof2
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h50m
Yield 32 biscotti
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the egg, egg yolk, and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Beat in vanilla and oil until well combined.
- With the mixer on low, beat in dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in walnuts, chocolate and ginger by hand with a rubber spatula.
- With moistened hands, shape the dough into 2 logs, each about 9 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Bake until set on top, about 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
- Transfer logs to a cutting board and with a serrated knife, cut each log on the diagonal into 16 slices, each 1/2-inch thick. Return slices to the baking sheet and bake until crisp, about 20 minutes, turning the biscotti over halfway through. Cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 70, Fat 4.4, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 12.5, Sodium 38.4, Carbohydrate 7.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 3.2, Protein 1.4
BYRON'S GINGER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Crispy and Chewy, a delightful twist on an American Classic.(And months of experimentation...) Also works very well without ginger.
Provided by BYRON NIELSEN
Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 72
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt into a small bowl; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and milk. Gradually stir in the sifted ingredients using a wooden spoon. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips and crystallized ginger. Use two spoons to drop cookie dough 2 inches apart onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown on the sides and the top should have lost it's shine. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 163.4 calories, Carbohydrate 21.4 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 8.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 124.8 mg, Sugar 14.1 g
DRIZZLED GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI
After stumbling across a community recipe for gingerbread biscotti, I made several batches and tweaked it to our tastes. These became an instant obsession at our house.-Susan Board, Palmer, Alaska
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield 3-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, molasses and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flours, spices, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in crystallized ginger., Divide dough in half. On an ungreased baking sheet, shape each half into a 14x2-in. rectangle. Bake 20-25 minutes or until firm to the touch., Cool on pans on wire racks until cool enough to handle. Transfer baked rectangles to a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1/2-in. slices. Place upright 1-in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a microwave, melt baking chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over biscotti. Decorate with Red Hots.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 124 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 19mg cholesterol, Sodium 90mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI
Have a hot cup of coffee ready for dipping these spiced, crunchy biscotti. Like most Tuscan biscotti, these include no fat, which makes for an extra-dry cookie. That means it saturates quickly when dunked, turning it into something like silken cake while also sweetening your coffee. Pops of chewy candied ginger and a slick of dark chocolate make this biscotti a little more special. And while the ingredient list may be longer than some, each item builds upon the last, creating a symphony of warming flavors and smells. To help keep track of the many spices while assembling your ingredients, measure them into small piles on a dinner plate.
Provided by Jerrelle Guy
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 325 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the egg, egg white, both sugars, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, star anise, espresso powder, salt, baking soda, almond extract and lemon extract. Beat on medium speed just to combine, scrape down the bowl and beater, then increase the speed to high and beat for a full 90 seconds or until the mixture is slightly paler, thick and ribbony.
- Add the flour and the candied ginger. Beat on low speed until mostly combined, stopping the beater just before all the flour is incorporated so you don't overmix. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to incorporate any remaining dry bits into the dough.
- Gather the dough with your hands, kneading lightly in the bowl just to bring everything together into a cohesive mass. Place the dough on the center of the prepared sheet, then dampen your hands with water and mold the dough into a 9-by-4-inch log about 1 inch tall. Bake until the log puffs and spreads a little, turns golden brown at the edges and is firm to the touch, 40 to 45 minutes.
- Remove the loaf from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer the loaf to a cutting board and, using a serrated knife, cut at a diagonal into 12 (¾-inch-wide) slices. Turn the slices on their sides and return to the oven.
- Bake, flipping the slices halfway through, until slightly browned and dry in the centers, 10 to 15 minutes. Bake longer for drier, crunchier biscotti. Remove from the oven and cool the biscotti on the sheet. Turn the slices top sides up.
- In a double-boiler or a heatproof bowl set over simmering water, melt the chocolate, stirring until completely smooth. (See Tip.) Remove the bowl from the heat, and using a small spoon, drape the melted chocolate over the tops of the biscotti, nudging some to drip over the edges. Allow the chocolate to sit at room temperature or in the refrigerator to fully set. The biscotti will last for a couple of weeks in an airtight container at room temperature.
DOUBLE DARK-CHOCOLATE AND GINGER BISCOTTI
The sweet spiciness of the crystallized ginger in these cookies complements the richness of the dark chocolate.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h25m
Yield Makes 2 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt until well combined; set aside. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg, egg yolk, and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in the vanilla and oil until well combined.
- With the mixer on low, beat in dry ingredients until combined. Fold in walnuts, chocolate, and ginger with a rubber spatula (dough will be stiff).
- With moistened hands shape the dough into 2 logs, each about 9 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Bake until set on top, about 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Transfer logs to a cutting board and, with a serrated knife, cut each log on the diagonal into 16 slices, each 1/2-inch thick. Bake until crisp, about 20 minutes, turning the biscotti over midway through. Cool 5 minutes on a baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 84 g, Fat 4 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g
CRYSTALLIZED GINGER BISCOTTI WITH ALMONDS AND WHITE CHOCOLATE
The flavour and texture of this biscotti is very light, easier to bite into than some recipes. You could dip the finished, cooled cookies into additional melted white chocolate but I don't like the ginger flavour to be over-powered by the chocolate so I leave them as is.
Provided by Cookin-jo
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a large baking sheet.
- In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla and then slowly mix in the flour and other dry ingredients.
- With a spoon stir in the crystallized ginger, almonds and white chocolate chips until well combined.
- Divide dough in half and roll each portion into logs about 12 inches long.
- Place on prepared baking sheet and flatten each log slightly with your hand and then round off the edges a bit.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet.
- Carefully lift onto a cutting surface and slice with a serrated bread knife, using a gentle sawing motion, almost an inch thick.
- Transfer slices back onto the baking sheet, standing them up.
- Bake for an additional 10 to 12 minutes to dry them out, not letting them get too brown.
- Cool completely on a wire rack and then store in an airtight container.
CHOCOLATE CHILE BISCOTTI
The word "biscotti" comes from the Latin biscoctus, or twice cooked: The dough is rolled into logs and given a spell in the oven, then cooled, sliced and slotted back in to bake a little more. The second turn in the oven essentially sucks them dry and gives them that signature crunch. Too much crunch, however, and they can be a little flinty. The pastry chef Mark Sopchak makes biscotti that are shorter and narrower - "Biscottini!" an Italian passerby once said - and ever so slightly softer, with the addition of butter. These cookies are thin enough to snap smartly under the teeth and then obligingly crumble. Inspired in part by Mexican mole, they have a touch of creaminess from cashews and a wild streak of chile powder, just enough to make you hum.
Provided by Ligaya Mishan
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 3h
Yield 36 to 40 small biscotti
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar and chile powder on medium-low speed until smooth and well combined, about 2 minutes.
- Increase the speed to medium. With the mixer running, add the eggs, 1 at a time, pausing to scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed, then add the vanilla extract. Beat until well mixed, about 1 minute.
- Turn the speed to low and, with the mixer running, add the flour mixture a little at a time. Continue mixing until the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, scraping the bowl as needed, then add the cashews and chocolate chips all at once. Keep mixing until the cashews and chocolate have integrated and a thick dough has formed.
- Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a 12-inch log. (You can use a sheet of wax or parchment paper to help roll the dough evenly, or dust with extra flour if the dough is sticky.) Place both logs on a half-sheet pan lined with parchment paper, then flatten both logs with your palms until about 1-inch thick. Sprinkle each with a little granulated sugar to evenly coat.
- Bake until the logs lose their sheen, 20 to 25 minutes. There should still be some softness in the middle of each log when gently pressed. Be careful not to overbake, as the logs may break when sliced later.
- Turn off the oven, take out the biscotti and let cool on the sheet pan for a few hours. (The longer they rest, the easier they will be to slice without breaking.)
- For the second bake, heat the oven to 300 degrees. (The temperature is lower for gentler, more even baking.)
- Using a serrated knife, slice each log at an angle into ½-inch slices. You may trim and discard the ends or bake them along with the other slices - they taste just as good. Place the slices, cut sides down, on the same parchment-lined half-sheet pan. (You don't need to be careful about spacing them out.)
- Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the biscotti are no longer soft to the touch. They will harden a little further after cooling. Remove from the oven and cool completely on the pan. The biscotti will keep for 2 weeks in an airtight container at room temperature.
Tips:
- To achieve the perfect crisp texture, it's crucial to bake the biscotti twice. After the initial baking, slice them diagonally and arrange them cut-side up on the baking sheet for the second round of baking.
- The type of chocolate chips you use can greatly impact the flavor of your biscotti. Experiment with different varieties, such as semisweet, bittersweet, or dark chocolate chips, to find your favorite combination.
- For a more intense ginger flavor, use freshly grated ginger instead of ground ginger. You can also add a teaspoon of ground cinnamon or nutmeg to enhance the warm spices in the biscotti.
- If you don't have parchment paper, lightly grease the baking sheet with butter or cooking spray to prevent the biscotti from sticking.
- Store the biscotti in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.
Conclusion:
These ginger chocolate chip biscotti are a delightful treat that combines the warm flavors of ginger and chocolate. They're perfect for enjoying with a cup of coffee or tea, or as a sweet snack on the go. With a few simple tips and tricks, you can easily make these delicious biscotti at home. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's get baking!
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