I had planned on a post of vegetarian Super Bowl apps for party planning. However, time being at a premium during this relocation process, you are getting my go-to biscotti recipes instead.
These are super easy to make and delicious, IIDSSM. Enjoy!
SP’s Biscotti Times Two 
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter softened
4 eggs
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brandy
1 1/2 teaspoons anise extract
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup almonds, slivered
1-2 tablespoons anise seed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place parchment paper or silicone baking mats on two half sheet pans.
In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter until fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, incorporating each before adding the next.
In a measuring cup, combine brandy, anise extract and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
With the mixer running, alternately add flour mixture and brandy mixture to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
Stir in the almonds and anise seed.
Wet your hands with cold water. Using your hands, drop dough onto prepared half sheet pan, forming two 2-inch wide x 13-inch long strips on each sheet. Moisten your fingertips again as needed and smooth dough into logs. (Seriously, using your hands for this step is by far the most efficient method!)
Bake about 30 to 35 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch.
Cool the sheet pans on racks until completely cool. Turn oven temp down to 300 degrees F.
Cut fully cooled logs on the diagonal into 3/4-inch thick slices using a super sharp knife. Place the slices cut sides down on the sheet pans.
Bake for about 20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes, until cookies are dry and slightly brown. Remove to a rack and cool.
Variation: Apricot & Almond Biscotti
Substitute almond extract for the anise extract and omit the anise seed.
Stir in 1 cup chopped dried apricots. Continue the process as described.
After these biscotti are completely cooled, I like to dip one end in dark chocolate. White chocolate drizzle also goes well.
In place of the apricots, you could use dried cherries, or dried cranberries for a seasonal twist.
Comments
116 responses to “SP’s Biscotti Times Two”
Little-known fact: Famed basketball player Scotti Pippen dated both women and men.
And it’s because of him that we today enjoy the treats known as “Biscotti”.
And now you know…….. the rest of the story!
Good thing I get a lot of practice rolling my eyes.
Took me a sec
*focuses glare*
Someone can’t tell the difference between Pippen and Rodman. Racist.
We have a Scotty dog named pippen.
/only thing I know to say that’s remotely connected to this thread
You actually made me google, bastard.
PS. It’s ScottiE so the joke don’t even work bruh
Wow, tough crowd. Are you the one who leaked the Louis CK tape about the Parkland kids?
Don’t listen to the haters C-dog. They don’t have the refined sense of humor that you and I do.
The best part is I bailed halfway through the list of his kids and baby mamas. Dude is productive.
And cheap. There was a kerfuffle here in Mpls back when he was playing because he and his posse rented a private room at a local bar and spent the whole night there and then left only a $100 tip. Wait staff wasn’t impressed and ratted him out to the press.
That’s in the wikipedia article too.
LOL who allows that to be left in their page?!
The same guy who can’t spell Wikipedia.
The biggest problem I have is finding the correct ingredients here. Unless I wanna fork out for the imported stuff, I have to make do with the domestic ingredients which are always a bit different than what the ingredients the recipe calls for. Simple example is baking powder. For some reason most stores don’t carry baking soda and so I use baking powder. Not the same, even if I adjust the amount. The worst is when they call for a specific brand of something. I don’t even try in that case.
Powder instead of soda? I can’t even….
Is this where we pretend that we’re all gourmet chefs? Goodie, I like this game.
I just curse a lot and throw stuff like I see the best chefs do on TV.
+1 swearing enthusiast.
Hell’s Kitchen technique. My cooking is all bar food style. Deep fried, cheese, onion blooms etc. Making the wife and daughter thicc.
Where do you get cheese in Japan? I thought they hated the stuff.
It’s not as conspicuous as in Wisconsin, but they have plenty of it. Hokkaido produces some decent cheese.
Ooh, thicc ladies in school uniforms….
Wait, I use Clabber Girl baking powder for everything. Is that wrong?
My SIL who lives in Kobe is near a big Proctor & Gamble facility that employs a ton of westerners. There is a little shop there that specializes in real American food. Think real Doritos. Not what nips think Doritos are (and it ends up being shrimp flavored).
?
Yeah, I went a long time here in Japan without access to US bases so I know it isn’t impossible for me. But since I got back in the reserves and now am retired with lifetime access I’m not sure how I would have handled being here without access, or with limited access, to a number of American and Mexican food products. I like to cook a lot and relying on what’s available (or not) and/or paying the silly prices for some things would be a big issue for me.
2 cups of white sugar
*triggered*
+1 spoonful
It makes a LOT of cookies. They are not overly sweet.
Hrm. Recipes. I should put in my recipe – well, not really a recipe, more of a set of guidelines – for Animal’s Patented Thermonuclear Bowel-Basher Chili.
If there is beans involved…don’t. ?
But… the musical fruit!
Coffee beans?
F you and your chili purism. It’s like you’re from Rhode Island, or something.
What? All good chili has black beans in it. All good chili. Every one of them.
No black beans and you dont have chili, you have chili base.
There is good chili without beans in it.
It’s for putting on hot dogs.
Yep. Just like there is bad chili without beans.
What there is “with beans in it” is a kind of hamburger stew.
/end Texan rant
Bring it!
Thanks, SP. These look a lot like my Italian grandmother used to make.
/wistfully remembers coffee and biscotti with grandma
Awwww. That’s sweet.
C’mon, SP! You know he’s playing you.
Granny Tundra would sit wistfully by the window waiting for young Tundra to come over and have coffee and biscotti with her for hours on end. But – as you know through personal experience – he never shows up.
Ouch.
Biscotti rock.
That is all.
Jair Bolsonaro and The Future of Brazil
Is the woman in the middle his wife? Ho.Ly.Chit.(!)
Indeed she is.
And, uh, would.
The facial expressions of the sign language translator are … interesting.
Thanks SP!
You’re most welcome!
SP’s Biscotti Times Two
But where’s the
beefbacon?“In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter until fluffy.”
That means what, exactly?
Pics
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Cream-Butter-and-Sugar-by-Hand-or-with-a-M/
Thanks!
Very helpful.
Wow this Natty game is nuts. Want Clemson to win. Boo Bama
Marco Rubio is an Anti-Gun Sellout and So Are Many Republicans
I support red flag laws for voting. Just let me be the judge.
They’re not sellouts. They’ve believed in (the right) Top Men for a long time.
But The Birds and the BS told me that Marco Rubio was a fervent NRA and Gun Rights supporter who’s also ball-less for not eradicating the 2nd Amendment! Have I been lied to?
Baking!
The tax deductions return to school tomorrow. Since it is still winter, I am currently making pumpkin pies for them to have for their breakfasts.
I’ll be over for breakfast tomorrow!
I made six of ‘em, so enough to share!
Of all the weird things Glibs have spilled about themselves here, you making pumpkin pies for your kids’ breakfasts is easily my favorite.
Yep. My spousal unit was in awe over that particular tidbit o’ info.
Really? You guys were surprised by that?
I would have thought that simple logic would have easily let you to that conclusion.
The kids are going to be gone for the first time in weeks and Mo and her hubby Peter Peter will have the house to themselves for a bit of fun. What else was she going to be cooking?
Meth?
It’s fun to make people smile. ?
Your initial line about the tax deductions made me think of the song “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (which was played endlessly the past few weeks) and the lyric:
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again!
They’re old enough now it’s not too bad, but working will be a lot easier with no one in the house to interrupt me.
When is the big move?
Sometime in the next month! Probably sooner. But we do not have a house yet, so…
Good luck.
Did you see that I sent in another article a few weeks ago? I assumed you have been too busy to deal with it.
I’m sure SP saw it..
No! Thank you for mentioning it. Just found it and a follow up in spam catchers.
Damnit. I’m sincerely sorry. I’ll get that drafted and in the Editorial Team queue ASAP!
Again, my apologies. Maybe I need to re-think my “no nagging” policy for overdue submissions.
The Crumpet Controversy
Next time on “Big Bang”…?
LeBron James Knows Nothing About Slavery
Feminists vs Trans fight!
Woman kicked out of pub because she wore a t-shirt that said women were female humans. Trans man is so upset by the t-shirt that he/she got the vapors and needed a fainting couch.
Some limey dude should sit down this faux man and explain to him that if he wants to really be a man he needs to sack up and learn to put up with a lot of nonsense from women. It’s what we do.
It’s been a good decade since I might have thought that “was the most innocuous item someone could wear”. Even then I might have suspected that the purpose of the shirt was in fact to provoke.
The infighting seems to be escalating. That’s the thing about identity politics I guess.
To be sure.
I just think it’s far-fetched to imply she was wearing an innocent little shirt for no particular reason. That stretches my ability to suspend disbelief. Never mind that the whole thing is dumb AF.
Oh there’s no doubt especially given how the radfems have upped their rhetoric on that front.
I agree with you Rhywun. She has all the sincerity of a pro wrestler who has just been caught pulling his opponent’s hair. “Who me?”
She definitely seems like a tiresome jerk to be around. The pub should have just told her that they were tired of her shit (and maybe they did and she’s just making up the trans shit).
On the other hand, the trans fuck isn’t doing his side any favors by acting like a precious snowflake. Like I said above if you want to be a guy act like one.
If he just listened to Rush Limbaugh, he would have been prepared for the femnazi behavior.
Shades of that alt right girl who wore the ‘It’s ok to be white’ shirt. Yes, it shouldn’t be a controversial thing, but you knew it would be and that’s why you wore it. The follow up ‘I’m being picked on’ schtick is a tad suspect., since that is the reaction she wanted in the first place.
Right. Fifteen years ago nobody’s wearing that shirt because it wasn’t a flashpoint of the culture wars. Now, you either believe that or you don’t, but the only reason you advertise your opinion (and this is probably true of any opinion) is to provoke a response. Well, mission accomplished. Reading the article, it sounds like this wasn’t the first time she’d poked the bear. I can imagine that the owners of the pub would rather not have that particular debate interfere with sales. It’s being framed as a symptom of Britain’s war on free speech, but it’s really just a freedom of association issue, and more practically a “can’t we all just sit and have a beer in peace?” issue.
^What Bill said.
This might be different if she were broadcasting the strident* responses she got, with a “look at ’em go!” kind of attitude. But, that would require her to acknowledge that she was sticking a finger in their eye, and being OK with whatever she lost in the process–presuming it didn’t result in any government punishment.
She wants to have her Asshole Cake (yech) and eat it, too. Suck it up, Sally.
*I say strident, but, I could be wrong.
Great recipe. I do like biscotti. My wife and MIL made about 4 loaves of dark chocolate and pistachio this Christmas.
I gave half away to my coworkers and ate the rest with my coffee each day.
O.T. – Pretty good article over on TakiMag on Louis C.K.’s unexpectedly quick return to comedy (and with a headline that would make Vincent Musetto proud):
https://www.takimag.com/article/louis-c-k-beats-off-the-mob/
Wow did not visit taki mag in a while. I think the comment section is only for those who pay which I assume is an improvement.
It amused me to read the actual Taki articles, see how the old aristocracy thinks of things.
Ready for your evening T&A?
http://archive.vn/O8Ab5
3 is a bit on the nose…
Good batch…some camel toe and some precarious thigh gaps.
7… 16… and some nice back sides but I don’t rate with no face
I second 7 and 16…I would say devils triangle but that’s just a card game
10 is my future wife. 15 a d 19 are my mistresses. Show a little respect.
Sugar is bad for you. brandy on the other hand is good for you.
Also good morning Glibs. It is fucking freezing out there. -9 at the time of walking. It does not help that I probably leave home at the coldest point in the day and walk for 25 minutes. And it is to damn hot in the office,
Holly fuck the Lakers won and Ball and Ingram did not suck. Who’d ev thunk it.
Interesting that only those Federal workers whose stories are heart-wrenching make it to the news.
They should come interview me. Myself and my wife (who is not FedGov) are good to ride this out. We have socked away emergency funds that would last us 6-8 months at current family spending levels, well over a year if we pinch pennies.
Such is life though…
I read a story that it affects the next space x launch. All the Musk nerds will be up in arms
Well restart it in that case!
Easier to buy than a book!
https://gunprime.com/product/century-arms-c308-semi-auto-rifle-cal-308-ri2253-x/
There’s an idea. Gun of the month club. If you fail to return the stupid postcard on time, you get a firearm shipped to you automatically. Sorry honey, I’ll try to remember next month!
I don’t like biscotti. It’s hard, dry, and doesn’t have much flavor. What is the appeal to you biscotti aficionados?
Dipping in coffee. Though for reasons I can’t explain, only in winter.
SoCon Dad was on about Kevin Shipp and Pizzagate last night on the phone. He loves a good moral panick and wasn’t about to let the human trafficking one pass him by. Before I waste valuable time watching YouTube to confirm that he still loves him some half-baked conspiracy theories, do any of you Glibs know anything about this Shipp dude?
Also I’m laying over after an early AM flight and I’m bored. Somebody TALK TO MEEEE111!!!1!
Hows the beer in the airport?
Coffee right now…..no drinking for me for the next couple months. Also not much for beer at 0700…..the only alcoholic drink that is appealing this early is a Bloody Mary or maybe an Irish coffee
ewww… I like a nice beer in the morning on special occasions. Although 7 may be a bit early. I remember when me and a buddy were flying early we had a scotch at 6 30 in the airport. You sleep better on the plane that way
Scotch early in the morning is a rough, but respectable style. I think Steve McQueen would have done it.
All you want to do is have some fun?
Never heard of the guy
CIA whistleblower…..enemy of the ‘Deep State’…….I haven’t looked into it yet but I’m guessing he jumps the shark with the Pizzagate stuff.
I smell bull with most enemies of the deep state
I guess like any conspiracy theorist they start from a premise that is plausible, if not true and then run with it into fantasy land…..sorta like the old man.
Well done SP. I love biscotti and espresso.
Done right, these things are divine.