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["Preheat the oven to 350F. For baking these, I preheated the oven for an hour with a pizza stone on the rack I was planning to use. When I was ready to bake, I put the cookie sheet directly on the pizza stone to get a very even temperature baking process. I'm sure it would work well without this, but this gives you a little insurance policy. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat.", "Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt to evenly distribute the baking powder through the flour. Set aside", "Using a standing mixer, cream the butter until light colored and fluffy. Add the sugar and continue to cream for another minute. Grind the anise seed in a grinder and add to the butter mixture along with the anise extract, brandy (or grappa) and egg. Mix until fully incorporated and for another 2 minutes.", "Fold in the dry ingredients by hand with a spatula in thirds. Fold in the chocolate chips.", "Place the dough on a lightly floured board and roll into a log about 2-3"" in diameter and the length of a cookie sheet. Bake in the upper third of the oven until a golden brown - about 30 minutes.", "Remove from the oven and let cool on a cutting board for about 20 minutes - or until the chocolate chips begin to harden up a bit. Slice 1/2""-3/4"" slices with a serrated knife. It is very important to make each slice in one clean cut and to clean the knife of any chocolate between cuts to avoid chocolate ""schmeers"".", "Lay the slices back on the cookie sheet and pop back in the oven for a final baking. Bake until golden brown - about 10 minutes on each side. Remove and cool completely before glazing.", "Mix all ingredients together. Add additional confectioners sugar, if needed, to get a thick consistency. If it's too liquidy, it won't harden well enough to pack the biscotti in a pretty jar.", "Dip the biscotti in the glaze, smoothing out the glaze with a plastic basting brush as needed. Work quickly as once it starts to dry, it's not too forgiving."]
