quiltybarb

We're Italian so I think I know which cookies u are talking about.....I hv a recipe somewhere and will send as soon as I find it......

RedGarnet222

I have a great site for you. Whenever I can't find a recipe I look here at this site. I have always had great results with their recipes. I looked and they have a few anise cookie recipes there.

http://recipegoldmine.com/

themachinelady

My mom used to make these and she would roll them out with a decorative rolling pin and let them dry over night and cut them apart then bake them. They would be hard when they were first baked and she would box them up in a tin and let them soften for a couple of weeks and let the flavor develop. She would keep some plain and ice a few. Soooo good. Mine have never tasted like hers and I lost my recipe. Wish I had some this Xmas.

themachinelady

This sounds like my moms recipe. Will have to try it

QUOTE=SewingSew;7724195]Ube, In my Betty Crocker's Cooky Book, there is a recipe for Springerle. This is a cookbook with vintage recipes. It calls for 2 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, and anise seed. Cream your butter and sugar and then stir in the flour until the batter is well blended and stiff. Refrigerate for 3 or 4 hours, and then roll out the dough on lightly floured surface to about 1/8" thick. Press a well-floured Springerle board or Springerle rolling pin down firmly on the dough to emboss the design. Cut out the little squares; let dry on a lightly floured board sprinkled with Anise for 10 hours at room temperature. Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes. Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies. This is a hard cookie that was brought to this country by German families.

Any baking specialty shop or maybe Amazon should have a Springerle rolling pin or board. You say that she used cookie cutters and iced them. Maybe you could try tweeking this recipe accordingly.[/QUOTE]

bakermom

Not familiar with this cookie but a quick search turned up this:

https://food52.com/recipes/25317-aun...e-seed-cookies

romanojg

I have one in my Italian cook book, my kids and I used to make them. No sprinkling or leaving over night. After they were baked the kids would decorate them with different colors of icing. I'm at work and would have to look for the book but if I can remember I'll see if I can find it. They are great cookies.

Sandra in Minnesota

Could they be called "Peffernuse". Wrong spelling, I know. It was a cookie I ate while in Germany and tasted like licorice. No recipe, though. Good luck!

quiltybarb

[h=1]Anise Cookies[/h]

1/2 lb. Butter

1/2 cup sugar

6 Eggs

4 or 4 1/2 cups of flour

2 1/2 tsp. Baking powder

2 tsp flavoring (anise)

Form into cookies/balls and bake at 350.


Icing:

1 cup confectioners sugar

4-6 tsp of milk

1/4 tsp anise flavoring


Mix together (requires no cooking)

Dip cookies and put sprinkles on before icing sets

quiltybarb

I forgot to add this anise cookie receipe is from my Italian mother-in-law.....