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2/3 cup sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
1 TB grated orange peel or 1 ts dry orange peel
1 ½ ts vanilla
2 eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ -1 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped (more or less)
½ -3/4 c. pistachio nuts, salted or unsalted without shell (more or less)
1 ts baking powder
¼ ts baking soda
¼ ts salt
Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir together sugar, oil, orange peel, vanilla and eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Shape dough into rectangle on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Make one or two rectangles depending on the size biscotti you want.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Cut rectangle crosswise into slices. Turn slices cut sides down on baking sheet.
Bake about 15 minutes longer, turning once, until crisp and light brown. Immediately remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.