Merry merry y'all! Join Chris and Ana as they make our family's famous Anisette Cookies! A few simple ingredients put together to make a delightful holiday treat! Buon Apetitto!
COOKIE
1/2 Cup butter
1/2 Cup sugar
3 large eggs
2 tsp anise extract
2 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour (may need up to 3 cups)
1 TBS baking powder
2-3 TBS milk
ICING
2 Cups confectioners' sugar
3 TBSP milk
1/8 tsp anise or vanilla extract
lemon zest
decorative candy sprinkles
1. Preheat oven to 350 depgrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. For cookies, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add anise extract.
3. Blend flour and baking powder. Start by adding about 1/3 of these dry ingredients to the butter/sugar in your mixer, then add 1 TBSP milk. Add another third of the flour and another 1 TBSP milk. Finally, mix in enough of the remaining flour until your dough is like a brownie batter (it should be softer than a drop cookie dough).
4. Use a 1 TBSP cookie scooper to make simlpe round drop cookies. Then roll them to smooth out the rough edges.
5. Bake cookies 10-12 miutes (they won't be brown but the insides will be soft and cake-like).
6. For icing: mix sugar, milk and extract to make a sugar glaze.
7. Hold cookie in your hand and turn upside down so you can dip the top half in the glaze; turn over and immediately top with sprinkles so they will stick.
8. Allow icing to harden overnight; then store in air-tight containers or freeze.
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