Maple Biscotti

1/3 cup crisco
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup real maple syrup (lightly grease cup before measuring)
2 1/4 cup cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
3 egg whites

Preheat oven 350 degrees.

Cream crisco and sugar until fluffy. Stir in syrup. Sift together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients and milk to shortening mixture alternating dry and milk until incorporated. Beat egg whites until fluffy. Fold eggs into batter until just mixed. Pour batter into 9" square pan that has been greased and lined with wax paper and grease the paper too -- (important -- this is very sticky dough)

Bake 45 minutes. Cool completely. Slice and lay slices on cookie sheet. Bake at 275 degrees until crisp flipping pieces part way through.

chill -- lovely maple-y biscotti.