Aunt Collie'S Soft Biscotti - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening or 1/2 cup margarine
3 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons anise extract or 2 tablespoons lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
3 1/2 cups flour
Frosting
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon anise extract, to taste
4 tablespoons water (aproximately)

Preparation

Cream together the sugar and crisco.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add Anise (or lemon) extract, salt, baking powder and milk.
Add flour 1/2 cup at-a-time and mix together.
Grease a cookie sheet and, using a large soup spoon, make a line of dough.
Smooth dough to connect each mound to make one loaf.
Bake at 350 degrees till lightly browned.
Approximately 15 minutes.
Frosting:
Mix all ingredients together.
Frosting should not be thin, nor thick, but an oozing consistency.