Every holiday my mom makes these amazing soft batch biscotti cookies. She adapted a recipe from my Dad’s mom and they’ve become a Reda staple. Even though I’ve been helping my mom make these cookies since I was little, I’ve never documented this family tradition … until now.

I didn’t journal a lot on this layout because I wanted the focus to be on the pictures. The lighting was perfect in their kitchen so I didn’t need a flash, but I used my tripod to stabilize the camera. For the close up pictures of the M&Ms and biscotti cookies, the macro setting on my camera did the trick. The spring colors of the M&Ms made these cookies look as amazing as they taste.

Here’s the recipe for my Mom’s Soft Batch Biscotti

4 cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
1 T. of baking powder
¼ t. salt
1 ½ cups of shortening
2 eggs (slightly beaten)
1/3 cup of milk
1 t. vanilla
optional: M&Ms of your choice

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening (blend as in a pie crust). Add eggs, milk and vanilla—mix thoroughly. Mix with hands until mixture will not crumble when squeezed together. Add a little shortening and/or milk to gain the proper consistency. Roll small pieces along a table to form logs the size of breakfast sausages. Place on cookie sheets about ¾“ apart and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Optional: Decorate logs with M&Ms before baking by pushing them in half way with different colors to match holidays or special occasions. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooling.

Makes 2-3 dozen depending on log size.
 
If you make a batch, let me know what you think!

Supplies:
Free Wild Sorbet Kit (Download kit here.)
Glitz Designs
Image-editing software (Adobe)

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GinaMarie