This gingerbread biscotti recipe is very easy, and they will fill your home with the wonderful aroma of gingerbread. They make an excellent home-baked Christmas gift! I love baking gingerbread cookies during the holiday season, but this year I wanted to try something new. Gingerbread biscotti go very well with tea or coffee (I love dunking them in so they get nice and soft!). If I was hosting Christmas dinner, I would bake these right before the guests arrived because they smell soo good! You can add nuts or chocolate to them, but I like my gingerbread biscotti plain with gingerbread cookie frosting drizzled over the top. If you don’t have cloves, you can also substitue the cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves for 1 tsp of allspice. This recipe only makes 6, so be sure to double it if you want to make more! I was just trying to limit myself because if I made more I would have eaten them all…
I am done with my finals – hooray! My Christmas break hasn’t exactly started yet, though… This weekend I will be studying for my 3-year comprehensive exam, which we have to pass before we can begin our rotations next Spring. I can’t believe I am almost done with 3 years of pharmacy school – the time is going by so fast!
Are you done with your Christmas shopping yet? I still need to pick up a few things this weekend. It is so cold and rainy today so I plan on baking cookies, drinking tea, wrapping myself up in a blanket and studying on my couch! I know, it doesn’t sound like the most exciting Saturday, but sometimes lazy weekends are the best!
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tbsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 1 egg
- 1½ tbsp molasses
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp milk
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Using a standalone mixer, cream the butter and sugar together with a paddle attachment (can also use electric hand mixer).
- Add the egg, followed by the molasses and spices while beating on low speed.
- Add the baking powder, followed by the flour a little at a time while beating on low speed.
- Once the ingredients are combined, use a spatula to transfer the dough to an ungreased baking sheet.
- Form a flattened rectangle, about ½ inch thick, in the center of the baking sheet. Tip: wet your fingers with water while working with the dough to keep it from sticking to your hands!
- Spread the tbsp of milk evenly over the top and place in the oven.
- Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and cool for 10.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
- Slice the rectangle diagonally until you have 6 biscotti.
- Turn the biscotti over onto one of the inner sides and bake at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Turn the biscotti over onto the other side and bake for 8 minutes. Alternatively, you can turn the oven off at this point and let them "dry" in the oven until they reach your desired texture (I prefer mine a little bit soft, but some people like biscotti very hard).
- Remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack or plate.
- In the meantime, stir the milk and confectioners' sugar together to make the frosting. You can add more milk/sugar to reach a consistency that works for you-it should not be too runny, or too thick.
- Add the frosting to a plastic ziplock bag and cut a small hole in the corner.
- Drizzle the frosting over the biscotti, and let set for 15 minutes before serving.
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This looks delish! And congrats on being done with finals…and good luck on your exam!
Thanks Dorothy!!
Mmmmmm I bet these smell OHMIGODSOAMAZING! They look delicious and def. would make great gifts!
Thanks Kayle 😀
I think I’m done with Christmas shopping, but I need to re-inventory my gifts to see for sure!! 🙂 Congrats on finishing your finals!!! Your Gingerbread biscotti looks amazing, I can only imagine how wonderful it smells. Your right today was a lazy Saturday! What crappy weather! I stayed in all day and didn’t do much but relax!!
It was definitely nice just to relax all day!!
Great looking biscotti – these definitely say holidays! And congrats on finishing your finals (and good luck on that comprehensive exam). Pharmacy school is tough – you get to learn way more chemistry than most doctors know. It’s hard work, but the payoff is worth it. Anyway, good post – thanks.
Thanks John, especially for the motivation!!
these look like a fantastic recipe to bring to a holiday party. i’m actually going to one later tonight and i’ve been looking for a dessert to bring. think i’ve found it!
What a perfect holiday treat these look delicious!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you!
Perfect looking drizzles!
Definitely have to have the drizzled frosting =)
Loving this biscotti!!! Beautiful! Congrats on finishing your finals!
Thank you, Carol!
I love these! How perfect for dipping in coffee during the winter months. A must make.
They go so fast around here, I always have to double or triple the recipe haha
I was looking for a biscotti recipe and this IS it! Thank you.
Thanks Cathy! Hope you love it as much as I do 🙂
uummmmmmm YUM!
Hi do you think i could substitute molasses for golden syrup? I dont have molasses and dont want to spend extra money if i can swap out for a similar result? Thanks
I haven’t tried that, so I am not sure how it would change the recipe :/ Let me know if you do and how they turn out! Sorry