Basic Biscotti Recipe

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 cream together oil and sugar; beat in eggs and then vanilla. add sifted flour and remaining dry ingredients and mix well.
• 2 fold in fruits or nuts or other ingredients if you are adding any.
• 3 flour your hands so the dough doesn't stick to you and form 2 loaves or "flat logs" on a cookie sheet making them the width of cookie you want.
• 4 bake the loaves at 375 deg. f for 15 minutes then lower temperature to 300 deg. f and bake for 30 minutes. when the loaves are nicely browned on the outside, take them out of the oven.
• 5 using a bread knife, slice loaves into individual cookies about 1/2 to 3/4" thick. place freshly cut biscotti on the cookiesheet on their side and put back into the oven for 5 minutes on each side to crisp up.
• 6 yummy treat.