Biscotti Alla Malena-mash

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons extract (vanilla or whatever. only 1/2 tsp. if "oil" of anise)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-1 cup nuts or 1/2-1 cup fruit or 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and allow to cool.
• 2 in one bowl combine wet ingredients, then add sugar.
• 3 in larger bowl combine dry ingredients.
• 4 grease a cookie sheet with crisco.
• 5 add butter to the wet ingredients. add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
• 6 mix by hand but not excessively, then fold in nuts, fruit, and/or chips.
• 7 preheat oven to 350.
• 8 spoon onto the cookie sheet in 3 loaves, about 1/2 inch thick.
• 9 bake 30 minutes, remove from oven, loosen loaves, slice across, 3/4" thick.
• 10 turn each on side and place back in oven for 10-12 minutes.
• 11 remove from oven and turn each on other side and bake 10-12 minutes.
• 12 allow to cool--store in a non-airtight glass jar.
• 13 buon appetito!