ANISE COOKIES - ITALIAN RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Anise Cookies - Italian Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by Claude

Number Of Ingredients 17

Filling Ingredients
1/2 lb Ground Almonds (use blender)
4 each Rind of 4 oranges
2 each Egg Whites
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Anise Flavoring
1/2 cup Orange Juice (if needed for right consistency)
Cookie Ingredients
1/2 lb Butter
4 cups Sugar
9 each eggs (use grade a large eggs)
(extra large will make it liquid which will require more flour)
6 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Power (heaping)
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon Anise Flavoring

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F Mix Filling Grind almonds in blender or food processor. Mix first five Filling ingredients together. Add orange juice slowly if mixture is stiff want mixture firm (like jelly) (not runny or will not stay on cooky). Mix Cookie dough Mix all cookie ingredients together to make dough. Elictric mixer may be used with a bread hook. Add more flour if dough is to sticky. Roll-out Tip: I tape down parchment paper and roll out cookie dough. Roll out dough on floured surface about 1/8 inch thick. If dough stick to surface or cookie cutter add more flour. Roll out dough and cut out cookies into various shapes. Put cookies on greased cookie sheet (a non-stick baking mat may be used here or parchment paper) Put a half teaspoon of filling in center of each cookie. Cut small strips of dough and partially cover filling making an X with the dough on each cookie. Bake Bake in medium oven (375°F) for12-15 minutes. Bake 12 minutes for solf cookies. Bake 15 minutes for crunchy cookies. Do not brown. Optional: Sprinkle power sugar on cookies when done.