Recipe: Yummy Anise Christmas cookies
Recipe: Yummy Anise Christmas cookies
Anise Christmas cookies. These soft, cake-like cookies have a pleasant anise flavor that's distinct but not overpowering. I add red and green sprinkles for Christmas, but you could decorate them to suit any occasion.—Janice Eanni, Willowick, Ohio Directions. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
This regional favorite will deliver smiles this Christmas season! If the item details above aren't accurate or complete, we want to know about it. If you love traditional Christmas cookies, and you enjoy a bit of anise (some would describe it as a mild licorice flavor - think a mild Ouzo or Sambuca,) then please bake up a batch of these for your family and friends and neighbors and co-workers and mailman and Santa. You can cook Anise Christmas cookies using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Anise Christmas cookies
- You need 2 of eggs, m.
- You need 150 g of confectioner's sugar.
- Prepare 170 g of flour.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of anise.
Santa's Favorites are Anise flavored cookies in fun holiday shapes such as bells, trees and stars. This regional favorite will deliver smiles this Christmas season! Salerno's classic holiday recipe is available for a limited time. Santa's Favorites are Anise flavored cookies in fun holiday shapes such as bells, trees and.
Anise Christmas cookies instructions
- In a small pan roast anise until fragrant. Put them on a cutting board and cut a little smaller..
- Mix eggs and confectioner's suger in a bowl over a bain-marie (medium heat) for 10 (!) minutes until white and foamy. Make sure the water is not too hot since you don't want a very sweet scrambled egg....
- After 10 minutes remove the bowl from the bain-marie and gently fold in the flour and the anise..
- Line two baking trays with baking paper. Put the batter in an icing bag with round tip (not too small). Pipe 3-4 cm (1-1.5 in) blobs on the paper. Let sit and dry for 2 hours..
- 20 min before cookies have dried preheat the oven to 150° C (300° F). Bake the cookies for c. 15 min. Make sure they don't turn dark. Remove the tray(s) and let dry completely. If you remove the cookies too early the bottom will come off..
- In a cookie box they can be kept for up to 4 weeks..
I actually just tried Italian anise cookies this past Christmas and fell in love! It's such a unique, distinctive flavor! Thanks for sharing your recipe so I can make these at home! A very delicious and easy version of this cookie. These delicate cake-like cookies are glazed with icing and topped with colorful candy sprinkles.