ITALIAN BISCOTTI COOKIES
My 85 year old Italian friend, made these the other night for our dance. She got the recipe from her great aunt, who got it from Italy. I have not made them myself, but I plan to as soon as I can. They were really really good.
Provided by Lighthouse Rita
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In mixer blend butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time and mix together. Add whiskey, vanilla, anise flavor and mix.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder and gradually add to above mixture. Blend well.
- By hand, mix in nuts and anise seed -- MIx well.
- 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.
- Bake 350 degrees, about 20 minutes, until light brown. Take out and cool a bit (put next batch i9n oven.
- 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).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.9, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 33.4, Sodium 132.2, Carbohydrate 21.2, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 10.8, Protein 3.4
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