The first biscotti recipe I had was for Cranberry-Pistaschio. They were mixed in a food processor. I had my doubts (and my processor wasn't the all that big) but it worked - beautifully, and very quickly. They were a standard for Christmas for a number of years. I particularly liked them because they weren't rock hard. The only difficulty was that the recipe called for unroasted shelled nuts. I'm sure I used roasted but unsalted nuts which could also be hard to find, especially if I wasn't making them at Christmas. Carolyn

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