---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
  
       Title: ITALIAN BISCOTTI
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 48 servings
  
       7 c  Flour
   1 1/2 c  Sugar
   1 1/2 c  Vegetable shortening
       2 tb Baking powder
       2 ts Anise seed
       6    Eggs
       4 c  Milklla extract
       1    Egg white
            Sesame seeds
  
   Combine flour, sugar, shortening, baking powder and
   anise. Mix well using hands.
    Mix eggs, vanilla, and milk. Add to dry ingredients,
   continuing to work with hands until smooth. Do not
   knead.
    Using a cookie press, put dough through a large star
   making a long strip. Cut into 1 1/2 to 2 pieces.
   Dough can be rolled into walnut-sized balls and
   flattened to 1 1/2 to 2 as an alternate.
    Dip the top of each in mixture of egg white and 1/2
   teasp water beaten together. Then roll in sesame
   seeds. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees
   for 10 minutes, or until golden.
  
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