Name: Cherry-Pistachio Biscotti
Ingredients: 2 c All-purpose flour; 1 c Sugar; 2 ts Lime peel; finely grated; 1 ts Baking powder; 1/2 Stick cold butter; cut in small pieces (1/4 cup); 3/4 c Dried tart cherries; 3 lg Eggs; beaten with a fork; 1 1/4 c Pistachio nuts; shelled, lightly salted

Personal benefits when conflict with others is handled properly: It has increased my tenderness to the pain and affliction of others. It has broadened my outlook that life is not as black and white as I often think. It has helped me to listen better and understand good perspectives that might differ from mine. It has encouraged me to search the Scriptures and be able to better articulate my beliefs. It has pushed me out of my comfort zone and increased my faith in God and in His Word. It has taught me to work harder to be a more effective communicator to express my feelings. It has helped me consider other people more important than myself. It has helped me understand that relationships are more important than the conflict and compromising (when biblically appropriate) is more important than being right. It has increased my love for unity. It has manifested the love and power and forgiveness of God both received and extended. It has taught me that my desires and plans do not lie at the center of the world. And in many cases, when resolved correctly, it has even strengthened the specific relationship.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains	Italian	Cookies, Biscotti, Italian	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	All-purpose flour
1	c	Sugar
2	ts	Lime peel; finely grated
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2		Stick cold butter; cut in small pieces (1/4 cup)
3/4	c	Dried tart cherries
3	lg	Eggs; beaten with a fork
1 1/4	c	Pistachio nuts; shelled, lightly salted

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly grease a large cookie sheet. In a food
process, process flour, sugar, lime peel and baking powder until blended.
Add butter and cherries. Pulse until cherries are coarsely chopped. Spoon
off and reserve 1 tablespoon of the beaten eggs. Add remaining eggs and the
pistachios to food processor and pulse until dough is evenly moistened.
Turn dough out on a well-floured work surface (dough is stickly). Divide
dough in quarters. With hands, roll each portion into a 9-inch log. Place
logs crosswise 3 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Press logs to
flatten to 2 inch wide. Brush with reserved eggs. Bake 25 minutes or until
golden brown. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen with a
spatula and remove to a cutting board. Let cool 10 minutes longer. Using a
large heavy knife, cut each log diagonally in 1/2-inch-thick slices.
Arrange slices upright on clean cookie sheet (no need to grease sheet).
Bake 14 to 15 minutes longer until crisp. Remove to wire rack to cool
(cookie will get even more crisp). From Woman's Day, November 1996.
Formatted by Mary Wilson (BWVB02B).
By novmom@juno.com (Lynn Montroy) on Mar 10, 1997
Recipe by: =20
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Bob & Carole Walberg <walbergr@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>
on Dec 1, 1997

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