| 1 | Recipe by: dallas morning news: highland park restaurant patrizio combine butter, sugar and eggs, mixing well. |
| 2 | Beat in vanilla. |
| 3 | combine flowr, baking powder, baking soda and chopped nuts. |
| 4 | Add to the egg mixture. |
| 5 | The batter will be very stiff and sticky. |
| 6 | Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refigerate for 1 hour or over night. |
| 7 | with flored hands, divide the dough into two portions and shape each into a loaf about 12 inched long. |
| 8 | grease a 10 by 14 baking sheet. |
| 9 | Place both loaves on the sheet, leaving at least 3 inches between them. |
| 10 | Flatten each loaf slightly, as evenly as possible. |
| 11 | place in preheated 400 degree oven and bake for 20 min. or until firm to the touch. |
| 12 | remove can cool on wire rack slightly. |
| 13 | Lower oven to 375. |
| 14 | while still warm, slice the loaves into diagonal slices about 1/3 inch thick. |
| 15 | Arrange on ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375°Fro 15 mintues - do not brown. |
| 16 | var. |
| 17 | Chocolate: basic recipe, adding 1 cup of cocoa powder and 1 ?cups chocolate chips. |
| 18 | banana: basic recipe, adding ?cup banana flavoring (not extract) and use walnuts or pecans |
| 19 | cinnamon: basic recipe, adding ?cup ground cinnamon. |
| 20 | For the nuts, use almonds or pecans. |
