Showing posts with label Dried Cranberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dried Cranberries. Show all posts

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Sour Cherry (Cranberry) & Almond Biscotti - SMS

Some weeks I am on the fence whether or not to bake SMS. This week, I knew I wanted bake this biscotti. I love biscotti and these flavors sounded delicous. Despite some of the other SMS gals comments about how awesome the dried cherries are, I always to try to use what I have on hand. I use the dried cranberries I had in the cupboard. The recipe called from almond and vanilla extract. No almond extract in the cabinet, so I added a little extra vanilla. This recipe goes together quickly and easily. I thought the dough seemed really wet. Don't you just love those moments where you second guess yourself and wonder if you put in all of the flour? I decided to add another 1/4 cup of flour. I'm glad I did!!! The texture was perfect.

After cutting these for their second bake, I decided to taste one of the ends. Yum! I also thought they seemed done at that point. Based on this, I decided to shorten the second baking time for a less crunchy cookie. The recipe called for baking them an additional 60 minutes. I shortened the time to 30 minutes.




I love this recipe. I can't wait to experiment with the flavors on this one. These are going on my list for this year's holiday treats.

Thanks to Tracey of Made by Tray Tray for choosing this week's awesome recipe. Stop by here to check out all of the other SMS gals biscotti.