MRS. P'S BISCOTTI

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This was given to me by my very best friend; it's her mother's recipe, and a wonderful basic biscotti recipe. Very rarely do I make them the same way twice. You can add dried cherries, cranberries, walnuts, toasted almonds, chocolate, white chocolate or cinnamon chips, or nothing at all -- It's good enough to stand on its own. I also change the flavorings and use almond or vanilla extracts. These will keep for a couple of weeks (if you're lucky) in your cookie jar!

Provided by debbie eckstein

Categories Desserts Cookies International Cookie Recipes Canadian Cookie Recipes

Time 1h15m

Yield 40

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
¼ cup softened butter
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.
Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Whisk flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture to form a fairly sticky dough.
Divide dough in half; with wet hands, shape dough into two loaves, about 1-inch high at the center, on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes; remove to cool completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
Slice loaves into 1/2-inch slices with a serrated knife. Place cookie slices back onto lined baking sheet, cut sides up.
Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, turning once, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 65.2 calories, Carbohydrate 11.1 g, Cholesterol 22.1 mg, Fat 1.7 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 38.2 mg, Sugar 5.1 g