ITALIAN ANISE COOKIES WITH ICING AND SPRINKLES
These delicate cake-like cookies are glazed with icing and topped with colorful candy sprinkles. They have a mild anise flavoring, which is very typical of Italian baked goods. My family always served these cookies at holidays, weddings or special celebrations, but now that I know the recipe, I can enjoy them all year long!
Provided by CookinDiva
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 1h10m
Yield 40 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- 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.
- 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 T. milk. Add another third of the flour and another 1 T. 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).
- Use a 1 T. cookie scooper to make simple round drop cookies - use wet fingers to pat any rough edges OR for an Easter-Egg look, roll 1 T. dough into an elongated ball.
- Bake cookies 10-12 minutes (they won't be brown but the insides will be soft and cake-like).
- For icing: mix sugar, milk and extract to make a sugar glaze. HINT: When I make the icing, I make it thick but then I microwave it for 10 seconds so it is thin enough for dipping. Also, I like to divide the mixture in thirds, and then add ONE DROP of food coloring to each batch (pink, green, yellow).
- 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.
- Allow icing to harden overnight; then store in air-tight containers or freeze.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 89.2, Fat 2.8, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 20.3, Sodium 54.1, Carbohydrate 14.7, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 8.4, Protein 1.4
ANISE CUTOUT COOKIES
Mother prepared these soft cookies for holidays and special-occasion meals. My seven siblings and I gobbled them up as fast as she made them. I still can't resist the cinnamon-sugar coating. -Jerri Moror, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield about 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy; add eggs and aniseed. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture. Add apple juice and mix well. , On a floured surface, knead until well blended, about 4-5 minutes. Roll dough to 1/2-in. thickness; cut into 2-in. shapes. Place on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° for 12-16 minutes or until lightly browned. Combine sugar and cinnamon; roll cookies in the mixture while still warm. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 254 calories, Fat 13g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 124mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
FROSTED ANISE COOKIES
I love anise flavoring, and my nana loved sugar cookies, so I put them together. These have a soft, from-scratch texture. It's hard to stop at just one! -Rachele Angeloni, North Providence, Rhode Island
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 3-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine the flour, baking soda and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., Spread cookies with frosting and decorate with sprinkles. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts :
ANISE COOKIES
These anisette cookies will have all your guests swooning. These classic Italian goodies are a holiday favorite, make a batch for your next gathering!
Provided by Amanda Formaro
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Melt butter and shortening together. Add the sugar; mix well. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the anise extract. Sift or whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture gradually. If the dough is too sticky to roll in the palm of your hand, add flour until firmer, but it should be very soft. Roll dough in small balls (these tend to really puff up with all the baking powder in them!) and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake @ 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (the bottom should be lightly browned but the tops should remain light). Remove cookies to wire rack and cool completely before glazing.
- Next time I will be more careful with the flour, I think I added a bit too much. The tops of my cookies cracked. I also used my cookie scoop and filled it half way, which seemed to work pretty well.
- Mix milk GRADUALLY into confectioners' sugar to make a thick glaze... make sure to keep it on the thick side. Dip top of each cookie into glaze. Sprinkle with colored jimmies or nonpareils while glaze is still wet. I usually dip 10-12 cookies, return them to the wire rack (with wax paper under the racks to aid in clean up!) and then sprinkle those cookies before starting to dip more.
- I dipped and sprinkled 5 at a time, that seemed to be the magic number before the glaze would start to harden.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 cookie, Calories 63 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Sodium 19 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 5 g
SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES
Tried for years to duplicate my nana's recipe. I was a bit skeptical about the lemon extract but it is what it needed!
Provided by jamesmaz
Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes
Time 27m
Yield 33
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together into a bowl.
- Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; blend in sour cream and lemon extract. Gradually stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is combined.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, about 3 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown around the edges, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over cookies; top with walnuts and raisins. Continue baking until bottoms of cookies begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 145.8 calories, Carbohydrate 18.8 g, Cholesterol 27.6 mg, Fat 7.3 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.2 g, Sodium 122.5 mg, Sugar 10.3 g
ANISE SUGAR COOKIES
As much as I love giving away my baking, a few goodies-like these anise Christmas cookies-are keepers. The light flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture make them one of my favorite anise recipes. -P Marchesi, Rocky Point, Long Island, New York
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, aniseed, salt, baking powder and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls; place on greased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar., Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on wire racks. If desired, decorate cookies with frosting and sprinkles.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 72 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 95mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
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