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Cranberry-Pistachio Biscotti

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Cranberry-Pistachio Biscotti
  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 3 hr 30 min
  • Servings 40
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Prize-Winning Recipe 2006! Pudding mix and cookie mix are the secrets to an easy twice-baked Italian classic cookie.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jan 24, 2011

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
  • 1 box (4-serving size) pistachio instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup dry-roasted salted pistachio nuts, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
Make With
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, pudding mix and flour. Stir in melted butter and eggs until soft dough forms. Stir in pistachios and cranberries. Divide dough in half. On each of 2 ungreased cookie sheets, shape half of dough into 15x2-inch log.
  • 2
    Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250°F. Place logs on cutting board. Cut crosswise into 3/4-inch slices. Place slices cut sides down on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • 3
    Bake 40 minutes, turning once. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 10 minutes. With small, fine strainer, lightly sprinkle powdered sugar over tops of cookies. Store loosely covered.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    This recipe was one of fifteen winners in the 2006 Mix It Up with Betty! Cookie Mix Recipe Contest. More than $10,000 was awarded!
  • tip 2
    Pecans, walnuts and almonds make good stand-ins for the pistachios.

Nutrition

100 Calories, 4 1/2g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 15g Total Carbohydrate, 9g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
100
Calories from Fat
40
Total Fat
4 1/2g
7%
Saturated Fat
2g
9%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
15mg
6%
Sodium
90mg
4%
Potassium
30mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
15g
5%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
9g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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