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     Title: Biscotti
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Italian
     Yield: 36 cookies

 1 3/4 c  Flour
   1/2 ts Baking powder
   1/2 ts Baking soda
   1/8 ts Salt
   1/2 c  Butter, sweet; softened
     1 c  Sugar
     2    Egg
     1 T  Lemon peel; grated
 1 1/2 t  Vanilla extract
   1/2 ts Almond extract
 1 1/2 c  Pine nuts
     2 ts 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 IS 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.

 From: [email protected] (Shelley Rodgers)

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