Benigno Family Biscotti

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup margarine, softened, not melted
• 6 eggs, well beaten
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 teaspoons anisette (not extract)
• 1 cup nuts, chopped (i use filberts or pecans)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter; add eggs.
• 2 add sugar, and beat well.
• 3 sift flour and
• 4 baking powder together; add to bowl gradually, beating at med/low speed.
• 5 add nuts and anisette; mix well.
• 6 using two (2) cookie sheets, spoon dough out into four (4) straight lines (loaf-style). bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes, then slice into 1" slices (i keep the ends for munching). turn slices onto one side, return to oven, and brown 5-10 minutes (depends on how brown you want them). turn over and repeat browning on other side. cool completely, and store in plastic bags or air-tight container.
• 8 keeps well for up to 6 weeks, or can be frozen.
• 9 i use my kitchenaid to do this dough - makes it a snap! ---------- recipe via meal-master (tm) v8.02