Author Notes
This recipe was inspired by one of my favourite Christrmas treats, chocolate covered candied ginger. I decided to build a biscotti with some punch and added both candied and powdered ginger as well as chocolate chips and cocoa. —patb
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Ingredients
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2 cups
flour
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1/2 cup
good quality cocoa powder
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1 teaspoon
salt
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/3 cup
butter
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1 cup
sugar
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2
eggs
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3/4 cup
bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
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2 teaspoons
powdered ginger ( or to taste)
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1 cup
finely chopped candied ginger
Directions
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Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cocoa and powdered ginger.
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Cream together butter and sugar and eggs using a stand mixer if possible, fitted with a paddle attchment.
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Add flour and cocoa powder mixture to the butter, sugar and eggs.
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Add chocolate chips and chopped ginger last. The dough will be quite stiff and sticky.
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On a greased cookie sheet or a silicone mat, divide the dough into two logs. The should be long and flat-ish. About 1" high by 4" wide and approximately the length of the cookie sheet.
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Bake at 325 for 25 minutes.
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Cool for five minutes. Slice biscotti by cutting each log on the diagonal approximately 1-2" wide, depending on how big you want them.
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Return the sliced biscotti to the oven for 10 more minutes to finish baking. Remove and cool.
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