Triple Gingers Lovers' Biscotti - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup almonds
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tablespoons molasses
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh gingerroot
2/3 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

Preparation

Place almonds in a shallow pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes,or until golden brown; let cool, chop nuts.
In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy(I use my mixer); Beat in molasses and the eggs.
In a nother bowl combine flour, ground ginger, baking powder, salt: ADD to creamed mixture, mixing until blended.
Stir in fresh ginger and crystallized ginger; fold in nuts.
Divide dough in half; place on ungreased baking sheet and form into two logs about 1/2 inch thick, 1 1/2 inch wide and 14 inched long.spacing them at least 2 inches apart.
Bake in the middle of a preheated 325 degree oven for 25 minutes or until light golden brown.
Transfer from baking sheet to a rack;let cool 5 minutes; place on a cutting board, with a sharp serratrd knife slice diagonally at a 45 degree angle about 1/2 inch thick.
Lay the slices flat on the baking sheet and return to oven for 10 minutes, turning over once to dry slightly: let cool on rack and store in tightly covered container.