Recipe#8061

Title: Biscotti 40

From: "Michelle Young" frawgy@netcom.ca 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Re: biscotti recipes wanted 
 Message-ID: <0DRG2.13197$134.129078@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> 
 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:12:44 -0500 

1 3/4 cups flour
 1/2 tsp baking powder
 1/2 tsp baking soda
 1/8 tsp salt
 1/2 cup butter, sweet, softened
 1 cup sugar
 2 eggs
 1 tbsp lemon peel, grated
 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
 1/2 tsp almond extract
 1 1/2 cups pine nuts
 2 tsp anise seed, crushed
 Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
 Cream margarine, add sugar, beat in eggs one at a time until light.
 Add flour mixture and blend well. Blend in lemon peel and vanilla
 and almond extracts.  Mix in pine nuts and anise seed. Mix until
 just blended. Cover dough and chill about 2 hours.
 Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 2 baking sheets. Divide dough
 into 4 pieces. Flour hands and roll each piece into 1 1/2 inch
 round log. Dough will be sticky. Put 2 logs on each baking sheet
 spaced about 4 inches apart. Bake until tops are lightly browned
 or about 18 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets.
 Transfer logs to a cutting board. Cut crosswise into 1/2 inch thick
 slices.  Put cut side down on baking sheet. Bake about another 10
 minutes. Cool on wire rack.