This reminds me of a recipe I found a few years ago that used butters and eggs to make a less tooth breaking version of biscotti - Only Chocolate! http://www.farmgirlfare.com/2005/12/biscotti-for-beginners-and-baking-with.html I've made this countless times before. Evidently they were even keeping track at work and was told "it's been 4 months since you brought in biscotti last. we NEED some!" I even jazzed it up for xmas one year and added crushed candy cane to dough and ontop to make it look pretty, even though the smell of chocolate + mint makes me gag. My mom is rather nuts about xmas and does huge piles of xmas cookies she mails out yearly, press cookies, shortbread, "nut balls" and "buckeyes". I've been considering doing the chocolate biscotti in pretty bags for a gift but felt like I needed more variety. I think this may solve my problem!! :) Living in texas - shipping xmas cookies is a daunting task. too warm usually and family too far for them to survive.

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