White Chocolate-Cashew Coffee Biscotti

A drizzle of white chocolate lends these biscotti holiday flair. For contrast, melt semisweet chocolate to drizzle over half the batch.

Yield: 3 1/2 dozen (serving size: 1 biscotto)

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  granulated sugar
• 1/2  cup  packed brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons  butter, softened
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 2  large eggs
• 1  large egg white
• 2 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1/4  cup  instant coffee granules
• 3  tablespoons  unsweetened cocoa
• 1  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 3/4  cup  dry-roasted cashews, coarsely chopped
• Cooking spray
• 1  tablespoon  granulated sugar
• 3  ounces  premium white chocolate, chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Place first 6 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, instant coffee granules, cocoa, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, and ground nutmeg; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in the cashews. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 7 times. Divide dough in half. Shape each portion into a 12-inch-long roll. Place rolls on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; pat to 3/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle rolls evenly with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar.

Bake at 350° for 22 minutes. Remove rolls from baking sheet; cool 10 minutes on a wire rack. Cut each roll diagonally into 21 (1/2-inch) slices. Carefully stand slices upright on baking sheet. Reduce oven temperature to 325°; bake 20 minutes (the cookies will be slightly soft in center but will harden as they cool). Remove from baking sheet, and cool completely on wire rack.

Place chocolate in a small heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; microwave at high 1 minute or until the chocolate is soft. Knead bag until smooth. Snip a tiny hole in corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over biscotti.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

83 (30% from fat)

Fat:

2.8g (sat 1.1g,mono 0.9g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

1.8g

Carbohydrate:

13g

Fiber:

0.4g

Cholesterol:

12mg

Iron:

0.7mg

Sodium:

56mg

Calcium:

13mg