Recipe ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 tablespoons anise seed
- 3 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup chopped almonds
Recipe method
- To prepare the biscotti, cream butter, sugar and 1 tablespoon anise seed.
- Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and 1 tablespoon anise seed.
- Add to cream mixture. Add nuts, mix in and form cookie dough into 2 or 3 long thin rolls.
- Place rolls on a ungreased baking pan or cookie sheet and bake biscotti cookie rolls at 350 degrees 15 to 20 minutes, or till light brown.
- Remove from oven and cut diagonally into 1/2 to 3/4 inch slices.
- Put back in oven and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes or till biscotti is lightly toasted.
- You want the biscoti to dry slightly. It will look somewhat like a elongated piece of french bread, except smaller.
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