Italian Biscotti Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cut up almonds
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 teaspoons anise flavoring
• 1/4 cup whiskey
• 3 tablespoons anise seed

Recipe

• 1 in mixer blend butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time and mix together. add whiskey, vanilla, anise flavor and mix.
• 2 sift flour, salt and baking powder and gradually add to above mixture. blend well.
• 3 by hand, mix in nuts and anise seed -- mix well.
• 4 on a greased cookie sheet, using two spatulas, make rows of dough about 1 1/2 inches wide, more or less. use spatualr to make somewhat of a roll.
• 5 bake 350 degrees, about 20 minutes, until light brown. take out and cool a bit (put next batch i9n oven.
• 6 slice first batch in diagonal slices, arrange cookies on each side, put back in oven and bake each side for 10-15 min ( until brown).