Gingerbread Biscotti
Bake up a batch of these holiday spiced Gingerbread Biscotti for hostess gifts or sweet treats to savor with your afternoon tea or coffee!
Gingerbread Biscotti with a White Chocolate Drizzle
The Martha Stewart side of my mom showed up at Christmas. She’d bake gingerbread and piece it together with icing to form a snow covered house.
We’d help decorate it with bulk penny candy in holiday colors, sampling our favorites as our fingers grew stickier by the minute. It’s been years since I’ve made a gingerbread house, but chewy ginger cookies and gingerbread men are part of our Christmas tradition today.
Today’s Christmas Week theme is gingerbread surprise, so I veered off course and tried something new, these gingerbread biscotti with a white chocolate drizzle. Perfect tea dipper for any of you ginger lovers…I added some crystallized ginger for a double punch.
Christmas Week!
Welcome to day #4 of Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen of Juanita’s Cocina. Make sure you visit all the participating bloggers today to see what special dish they whipped up for you.
Gingerbread is a classic holiday flavor, spiced to perfection and evoking memories of childhood. Baking up a batch of these gingerbread biscotti will have your kitchen smelling like the holidays in no time!
More Gingerbread Treats
- Ginger Horse Cookies from Kim of.Cravings of a Lunatic
- Mini Gingerbread Donuts from Jen of Juanita’s Cocina
- Gingerbread Biscotti from Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Gingerbread Donuts with Lemon Glazefrom Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
- Mini Holiday Gingerbread Loavesfrom Isabelle of Crumb
- Gingerbread Biscoff Truffles from Erin of Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
- Gingerbread Dip from Erin ofThe Spiffy Cookie
- Gingerbread Milkshakefrom Ramona of Curry and Comfort
- Gingerbread Pumpkin Bars from Heather of Girlichef
- Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls from Cathy of The Dutch Baker’s Daughter
- Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Lemon Cream Cheese Filling from Chung-Ah of Damn Delicious
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Gingerbread Biscotti
- Cuisine: Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons crystallized ginger
- 1/2 cup chopped white chocolate
- 1/2 cup chopped white chocolate, for drizzle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
- Whisk all dry ingredients together and set aside. In a measuring cup, whisk together eggs and molasses. With your mixer on low, pour in the egg mixture, and mix till well combined.*
- Divide dough in half and form each half into a log about 10 inches x 1 1/2 inches. Place logs about 4 inches apart on baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes, till surface springs back when gently touched. Cool 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove log from parchment to a cutting board. With a serrated knife, cut log into 3/4 inch slices on the diagonal. Repeat with second log. Place slices back on parchment lined pans, cut sides down. Bake 10-20 minutes, depending on how dry and crunchy you like your biscotti. I baked mine 10 minutes more.
- Remove to cooling rack. When cool, use microwave to melt 1/2 cup white chocolate in a ziplock bag. Snip end and drizzle melted chocolate over biscotti.
- *A blog follower who tried this recipe reported that she needed to add some water to the dough so that it held together. If you find your dough too dry and crumbly, add just enough water so that your dough can be formed into logs.
Notes
Inspired by a recipe in Fine Cooking.
If your dough is a little dry, slowly add a few drops of water until you get the consistency you like.
Nutrition
- Calories: 3109kcal
- Sugar: 365g
- Sodium: 1971mg
- Fat: 66g
- Saturated Fat: 36g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 587g
- Fiber: 10g
- Protein: 50g
- Cholesterol: 356mg
Love this recipe? Please consider rating it in the comments below. You can also follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.
Gingerbread Biscotti
Ingredients
- Inspired by a recipe in Fine Cooking
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons crystallized ginger
- 1/2 cup chopped white chocolate
- 1/2 cup chopped white chocolate (for drizzle)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
- Whisk all dry ingredients together and set aside. In a measuring cup, whisk together eggs and molasses. With your mixer on low, pour in the egg mixture, and mix till well combined.*
- Divide dough in half and form each half into a log about 10 inches x 1 1/2 inches. Place logs about 4 inches apart on baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes, till surface springs back when gently touched. Cool 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove log from parchment to a cutting board. With a serrated knife, cut log into 3/4 inch slices on the diagonal. Repeat with second log. Place slices back on parchment lined pans, cut sides down. Bake 10-20 minutes, depending on how dry and crunchy you like your biscotti. I baked mine 10 minutes more.
- Remove to cooling rack. When cool, use microwave to melt 1/2 cup white chocolate in a ziplock bag. Snip end and drizzle melted chocolate over biscotti.
- *A blog follower who tried this recipe reported that she needed to add some water to the dough so that it held together. If you find your dough too dry and crumbly, add just enough water so that your dough can be formed into logs.
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These look so perfectly delicious…a wonderful holiday biscotti!
Oh Lizzy – I found you again….and this recipe looks like a winner. I love biscotti and also ginger. Win – Win!!
Lizzy,
I love gingerbread and I’m converting my husband. I bet he would love these too.
Hi Liz,
I tried to leave a comment, but didn’t see it pop up, so please forgive me if I’m double-commenting! Love the new site BTW! And I seriously must bake up some of these gingerbread-infused biscotti!
Hugs,
Roz
These were delicious! However, I found that the dough was initially very, very dry. I had to add lots of water in order to shape and hold the logs together before baking.
Thanks for the tip on the water…I didn’t have that problem, but I’ll add a note to the recipe. I appreciate your feedback 🙂