Sweet Twofers

Among familiar twice-baked cookies are zwieback (not for babies only); mandelbrot , the traditional Jewish almond biscuit; Italian-bakery biscotti , most often studded with almonds or hazelnuts, often with both; rusks, known in many countries; toasted wine sticks and wine slices, with or without sesame seeds and made to be dunked; Italian quaresemali , typically containing almonds and cinnamon; anise toast, almond toast and other toasts; French pain d’amandes ; sponge fingers, and the Greek paximadia , made with walnuts. Within the pattern of double-baking, the possibilities are many.