Ii Margaret Gallo Biscotti

• 1 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter melted (1 sticks)
• 2 tbl anise seed
• 2 tbl anisette or other anise-flavored liqueur
• 2 tBL Anise extract
• 1 cups chopped almonds or walnuts
• 3 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups unsifted flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1. Mix sugar and butter, anise seed, anise liqueur, whiskey (or vanilla and water), and nuts.
2. Beat in eggs.
3. Mix flour and baking powder and stir into the sugar mixture, blend thoroughly.
4. Cover and chill the dough for 2 - 3 hours.
5. Directly on greased baking sheets (without sides) shape dough with your hands to form flat loaves that are about 1/2" thick and 2" wide and as long as the baking sheet.
6. Place no more than 2 loaves, parallel and well apart, on a pan.
7. Bake in oven at 375* for 20 min.
8. Remove from oven and let loaves cool on pans until you can touch them, then cut in diagonal slices that are about 1/2 - 3/4" thick.
9. Lay slices on cut sides, close together on baking sheets, and return to 375* oven for 15 minutes or more until lightly toasted.
10. Cool on wire racks and store in airtight containers.
11. Makes about 4 dozen.

sugar, butter, anise, anisette, almonds, eggs, flour, baking powder

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/ii-margaret-gallo-biscotti-52866071 (may not work)