biscotti
Noun
Meaning
biscotti (plural biscotti or biscottis)
A hard, usually nut-flavored biscuit, derived from the Tuscan cantuccio.
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Also, can't wait to try the suggestion about lining the biscotti up on their bottoms, for the second baking.
A Franciscan brother in Assisi recounted this story to me about Saint Francis: The saint adored almond biscotti.
Cut it into diamonds with a pizza cutter and baked it anyway :) My husband says it's like spiced biscotti.
Anyway the real name of that kind of cookies is "Cantucci" or "Cantuccini" cuz in italian "biscotti" means simply "cookies".
I like it spicy hot in Chinese food, I like it bitter/sweet in marmalade, and I like it plain old sweet in biscotti.
But the thing I was told to buy most often was anisette toast, or as they are known in the 21st century, biscotti.