Cantuccini (Tuscan almond biscuits)

By keteal

Ingredients

• 500 g plain (all-purpose) flour
• 400 g sugar
• 250 g almonds, toasted
• 3 eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 50 g melted butter
• 1 sachet "natural" baking powder (cream of tartar)
• 1 glass sweet vln santo
• pinch of salt
• good pinch of aniseed
• To glaze: 1 egg yolk, half an egg white, aniseed.

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 170.C/340.F
. With the flour, make a well on your work surface.
. Put all the other ingredients into the well, except the almonds.
. Working first with a fork and then with your hands, amalgamate all the
ingredients.
. Add the toasted, cooled almonds to the mixture.
. With a large spoon, spoon strips (approx 2 inches by 8 inches/4 cm by 15 cm) onto a floured surface. Roll in the flour and place on a baking sheet with baking paper on top.
. Bake in an oven on 170.C/340.f for approximately 30 minutes or until
golden.
. Take out of the oven. cut the strips diagonally into biscuits approximately
1 cm (half inch) thick, and brush with the glaze.
. Return to the oven and bake for a further 10-15 minutes until golden and
glazed.