Biscotti

When Sookie offers Lorelai a treat and instructs her to dunk it in her coffee, she gives her a biscotto, without identifying it.

Biscotti are Italian almond biscuits (cookies) that are twice-baked, and very crisp and crunchy. Although biscotti’s origins go back to ancient Rome, they were revived in the Tuscan city of Prato in the 19^th century, now seen as the home of modern biscotti. In Italy they are usually dunked in a dessert wine at the end of a meal, but outside Italy dunking them in coffee or tea is more usual.