Hard Or Soft Biscotti

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon anise oil
• 1 cup milk
• 6 teaspoons baking powder (level teaspoons)
• 6 cups flour
• 1/2 cup peanuts or 1/2 cup almonds, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream 1 cup shortening and 2 cups sugar.
• 2 beat in 6 eggs and 1 teaspoon anise oil.
• 3 gradually add alternately 1 cup milk, 6 level teaspoons baking powder, 6 cups flour and 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or almonds. add more flour for a stiffer dough for hard biscotti (about 1 or 2 cups).
• 4 spoon batter onto cookie sheet into long, thin loaves because batter will spread.
• 5 keep in oven until golden brown.
• 6 remove from oven.
• 7 let cool, then slice. lay sideways.
• 8 return to oven.
• 9 let brown (10 minutes). check and turn cookies on other side.