Description
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.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 ½ tablespoons ground ginger
- ¾ tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ tablespoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- 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.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 48