Bailey's Biscotti are a sweet Italian biscotti made with irish cream liqueur for a delicious blend of chocolate and coffee flavors. These crispy cookies are delicious with a hot cup of coffee for an afternoon pick me up.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- The recipe makes plenty of biscotti, enough to share with your coffee loving friends!
- Coffee and chocolate fans will love these Italian biscuits studded with coffee beans and white chocolate.
- Irish cream fans will love the baileys biscotti flavor cookie!
🥘 Ingredients
All-purpose flour: the base of the cookie dough
Granulated sugar and brown sugar: what will sweetened the biscotti.
Cocoa powder: added to give chocolate flavor that enhances the irish cream liqueur and coffee flavors.
Instant coffee granules: used to deepen the flavors of the cookie.
Ground cinnamon: this ingredient enhances the flavors in the cookie
Chocolate coated coffee beans: these are optional and are added for texture and flavor
Mini white chocolate chips: an optional ingredient. Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips can be used instead.
Large eggs: be sure these are removed from the fridge at least 30 minutes before using to use at room temperature.
Unsalted butter: if using salted, omit the salt in the ingredient list.
Irish Cream Liquor: I usually use Bailey's but any creamy liquor with the smooth taste of bailey's can be used.
Milk: dairy or non dairy milk of choice can be used. I often use almond or oat milk.
White candy coating: this is optional for dipping the baked biscotti and I usually find this in the baking aisle of the grocery store on the top shelf.
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cocoa powder, instant coffee, cinnamon, salt, coffee beans (if using) and white chocolate M&M's (if using). Set aside.
- Using a hand whisk, mix together melted butter and Irish cream liqueur, and eggs until well blended.
- Make a well in the center of dry ingredients. Pour liquid ingredients into center of well and stir until most of the dry ingredients have mixed in. Turn out onto the lightly floured surface and knead dough 8-10 times until dough comes together. Divide dough into 4 equal quarters.
- Shape each section of dough into a log shape, squeezing together and flattening until about 1 inch thick.
- Place the logs on cookie sheet spacing each log about 2 inches apart. You may need to use two cookie sheets if you don't have one large enough for the spacing.
- Whisk together egg and milk and brush tops and sides of biscotti liberally. Bake 20 minutes, or until log feels firm to the touch and looks dry.
- Remove from oven and cool about 10 minutes, until just cool enough to handle. Once cooled, cut each log crosswise in a diagonal shape approximately ½" thick.
- Line biscotti cookies baking sheet cut side down and return to oven. Bake for 10 minutes, remove bisotti from the oven and flip over. Return to oven and bake 10 minutes more.
- Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, melt candy coating according to package directions (if using) and dip one end of the biscotti in the melted chocolate. Transfer to a piece of aluminum foil and allow candy coating to harden.
🥄 Equipment
Large bowl
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Microwave safe bowl
Serrated edge knife
🥫Storage
Store cookies in an airtight container on the shelf up to 1 week or in the freezer up to 3 months.
📖 Variations
- Substitute your own cream liqueur in place of the baileys.
- For an alcohol free biscotti, use baileys coffee creamer in place of the irish cream liqueur.
💭 Tips
- Always use a serrated edge knife in a sawing motion to cut the biscotti into clean smooth edges.
- Be sure to allow the biscotti logs to cool at least 10 minutes before slicing the cookies. The dough is less fragile and will not fall apart when cooled before cutting.
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🍽 Serve with...
Serve these biscotti with a hot cup of Irish Coffee!
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📖 Recipe
Bailey's Biscotti
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup chocolate coated coffee beans , coarsely ground (optional)
- ¼ cup mini white chocolate chips , (optional)
- 3 eggs at room temp
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- 3 tablespoons Baileys Irish Cream Liquor
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cocoa powder, instant coffee, cinnamon, salt, coffee beans (if using) and white chocolate chips (if using). Set aside.
- In another large bowl, using a hand whisk, mix together melted butter and Irish cream liqueur, and eggs until well blended.
- Make a well in the center of dry ingredients. Pour liquid ingredients into center of well and stir until most of the dry ingredients have mixed in. Turn out onto the lightly floured surface and knead dough 8-10 times until dough comes together. Divide dough into 4 equal quarters.
- Shape each section of dough into a log shape, squeezing together and flattening until about 1 inch thick.
- Place the logs on cookie sheet spacing each log about 2 inches apart. You may need to use two cookie sheets if you don't have one large enough for the spacing. Whisk together egg and milk and brush tops and sides of biscotti liberally. Bake 20 minutes, or until log feels firm to the touch and looks dry.
- Remove from oven and cool about 10 minutes, until just cool enough to handle. Once cooled, cut each log crosswise in a diagonal shape approximately ½" thick. Line biscotti cookies baking sheet cut side down and return to oven. Bake for 10 minutes, remove bisotti from the oven and flip over. Return to oven and bake 10 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, melt candy coating according to package directions (if using) and dip one end of the biscotti in the melted chocolate. Transfer to a piece of aluminum foil and allow candy coating to harden.
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Amy's Cooking Adventures
This looks delicious! What a great combination of ingredients!
Susie
those are so pretty...I love a good biscotti and if its been dunked in chocolate, so much the better!
BluebonnetBaker
I'm not usually a huge fan of biscotti, but these look SO good! Love the dipping.
Cooking Rookie
Wow, chocolate, irish cream, coffee, biscotti - I love every one of them :-). The combo must be amazing. I have to try this recipe!
honeyb
Crumb is a great blog. I made something from hers once, I think as her blog was orphaned. And I love biscotti! Looks great!
Sarah
beautiful! great choice!
Shelby
Thank you Sarah 🙂
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
What a great biscotti! They look so pretty dipped in the white chocolate!
Shelby
Thank you Erin
Kim Bee
This looks so good. My hubby would gobble this up so fast. So cool you got Isabelle's blog. She is incredible. She had mine this month and I almost passed out when I found out. I need to try this. I've never made biscotti, not sure why. I love the taste of it though. SO yummy!
Shelby
I love biscotti, I just don't make it very often...so this was my chance to try it out again! 🙂
Lesa @Edesias Notebook
Mmm, I love the flavor of Irish cream in desserts. What a genius idea, Shelby! Looks fantastic.
Shelby
Thanks Lesa!
bellini
I met Isabelle in Washington DC at at a conference and then again at a blogger meet-up in Toronto. She is one talented woman.
Shelby
Lucky you Val! I agree on her talent and her blog is terrific!
Isabelle @ Crumb
Love it! This biscotti recipe is a favourite of mine, and I just love the Irish Cream twist you've given them... a shot of Bailey's makes a cup of coffee a million times tastier, so I can just imagine how well it works in a coffee-flavoured biscotti. Yum!
Shelby
Thanks Isabelle! I had a lot of fun going through your blog 🙂
Patsyk
Wow! That biscotti looks incredible and I love the St. Patty's Day flavors!
Shelby
Thank you Patsy!