Holiday Biscotti

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Love this recipe! I used dried cranberries and slivered almonds and added 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1 t almond extract. It was delicious! I also like the white chocolate with this biscotti but recommend drizzling it on instead of dunking the whole thing to get just the perfect amount.

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Love Giada's Holiday Biscotti...just finished 2 loaves as a gift for my neighbor (per their request! This is such a versatile recipe with regard to the finishing touches; I sometimes substitute chocolate chips, a tsp. of vanilla (leave out the cranberries and nuts drizzle the cooled biscotti with chocolate ganache and sprinkle with white holiday sugar crystals; very festive. Also like the apricot and almond combination. With regard to slicing the biscotti; I do not allow it to completely cool before I slice it...it gets too crumbly (good tip; I've prepared this recipe 50+ times

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This recipe is wonderful! I read the other reviews so I was careful when baking them. The first bake took 25 minutes. I let the log rest for 8 minutes and this is the key to slicing these without having broken edges, I used my electric knife! Didn't lose a slice. On the second bake, I turned them over halfway through the 12 minutes this took and checked for doneness. Then I drizzled with white chocolate. And this was sweet enough. One batch was cranberries and almonds, the other was apricot and pecans. Thanks everyone for all the tips!

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My son and my good friend loved these cookies equally. Both of them requested these cookies as their special holiday treat this year

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Okay, this is an awesome, awesome recipe EXCEPT THE WHITE CHOCOLATE! My whole family found it was to sweet and overbearing, and all together not very pleasent. Instead, we substitued Giada's lemon glaze for her lemon cookies and it was wonderful! The glaze is nice and thick and looks far more pretttier than the chocolate. The biscotti is fantastic, and if anyone found it dry or crumbly:its biscotti. The main purpose of biscotti is to be dunked in coffee, and then it gets very moist and still holds together and is so light and refreshing(or at least the ones with the glaze. All in all, put the LEMON GLAZE on it, not the white choc! unless of course you really like white chocolate! :

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Love this! I made some changes that worked great. Dried apricots, pumpkin seeds and lime instead of lemon. Can't wait to try other combinations.

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I make this for my 94 year old Mother-in-law every 2 weeks. She loves it especially because she can't eat nuts so I omit them from the recipe. I decrease the log cooking time by 10 minutes and slice right away so it doesn't crumble. I then increase the cookies by 10 minutes and they come out perfect!! I only do the white chocolate at Christmas. Simply Delicious...

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This is a great base recipe for biscotti. I am not a huge fan of pistachios or white chocolate, so instead, I used the base recipe for the biscotti and substituted in almonds, more lemon zest, dried cranberries and wait for it...dried apricots. The apricots complemented the tartness of the cranberries and lemon zest, for those interested.

Overall, a great, easy recipe!

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What a great recipe !! I used dried cherries and sliced almonds-I bet it is going to be fun changing it up and trying different things.

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I used almonds and chocolate chips instead of pistachios and cranberries and it was fantastic. My family liked it a lot and this is one of my new favorite recipes!