Almond Biscotti

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups fluor
2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp Anise seed
3 3/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped Almonds (can substitute with walnuts)

To prepare the biscotti, cream butter, sugar and 1 tbsp anise seed.  Add egg and vanilla, combine fluor, baking powder and 1 tbsp anise seed.  Add to cream mixture.  Add nuts, mix in, and form cookie dough into 2 or 3 long thin rolls.  Place rolls on a ungreased baking pan or cookie sheet and bake biscotti cookie rolls at 350ºF ( 175ºC) 15 to 20 minutes, or until light brown.  Remove from oven and cut diagonally into 1/2 to 3/4 inch slices.  Put back in oven and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes or till Biscotti is lightly toasted.  You want th biscotti to dry slightly.  It will look somewhat like a elongated piece of french bread, except smaller.