Biscotti
Categories: Desserts | Cookies | Italian
Serves: 36 Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 c Flour
- 1/2 ts Baking powder
- 1/2 ts Baking soda
- 1/8 ts Salt
- 1/2 c Butter, sweet; softened
- 1 c Sugar
- 2 Egg
- 1 tb Lemon peel; grated
- 1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
- 1/2 ts Almond extract
- 1 1/2 c Pine nuts
- 2 ts Anise seed (crushed)
Instructions:
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Cream
margarine, add sugar, beat in eggs one at a time until light. Add flour
mixture and blend well. Blend in lemon peel and vanilla and almond
extracts. Mix in pine nuts and anise seed. Mix until just blended. Cover
dough and chill about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 2
baking sheets. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Flour hands and roll each piece
into 1 1/2 inch round log. DOUGH IS STICKY. Put 2 logs on each baking sheet
~ spaced about 4 inches apart. Bake until tops are lightly browned or about
18 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets. Transfer logs to a cutting
board. Cut crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices. Put cut side down on
baking sheet. Bake about another 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.