greek cookie biscotti?

Answer 1

Italian cookie....

Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto) are crisp Italian cookies traditionally flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting them into half inch thick pieces, and reheating them to dry them out. A basic recipe is a mix two parts flour for one part sugar with enough eggs to create a batter. To the mixture baking powder and flavourings such as anise, chocolate, or nuts are added. The slabs are baked once for some twenty five minutes. They are then cut up into individual cookies and cooked a second time for a shorter period of time. The longer the second period, the harder the cookies. Originally the cookies were twice-baked so they could be stored for long periods of time.

Answer 2

Biscotti are Italian, not Greek. Yes. Definitely cringe material.

Answer 3

Biscotti= Italian, not Greek. Cultural ignorance like that make me cringe. However, I have had what some coffee shops like to call Greek cookie biscotti, and it's amazing dipped in coffee, regardless of the cultural blunter.

Answer 4

Um...

As far as I know a biscotti is actually Italian.

Usually there is a jar of them on the counter at lots of coffee shops and people just buy 'em and dip 'em in their coffees and stuff.

Greek cookies, I suppose have many names but some are called "Kourambiethes", and they are covered in powdered sugar.

Other than that, I don't know too much.

I'm from Quebec!!

Answer 5

Are you thinking of kourabiedes? I've made them a couple of times. They're fun to make and unusual to look at.

Kourabiedes

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons brandy
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
36 whole cloves
1/3 cup confectioners sugar for decoration

Sift flour with baking powder. Set aside.
Cream butter and gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg yolk, brandy and vanilla. Beat again until very light. Stir in almonds.
Blend in flour mixture, mix to form a soft, smooth dough. Chill 30 minutes or until it can be handled easily.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
Shape level tablespoonfuls of dough into crescent-shapes. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Insert whole clove into center of each. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until light...do not brown. Cool on rack. Dust generously with confectioners sugar.

Answer 6

biscotti is italian not greek

Answer 7

So good. My greek friend always makes it for us.
This link has the recipe:
http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekbreadspitas/r/paximathportoka.htm

Answer 8

yummy!

Answer 9

mmmm...my mum makes them ....they are really gooooooood

Answer 10

go to cooks.com!