1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 t anise extract
2 t anise seed
Beat eggs. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy. Sift flour, then sift again with baking powder and salt into the egg mixture. Mix thoroughly. Stir in anise extract. Chill. Roll out 1/4" thick and press out dough with floured mold. Cut between squares. Place on greased cookie sheet sprinkled with anise seed. Let stand at least four hours to dry. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Cool and store in a tightly covered container. (Let age 2 weeks to mellow flavor) Makes about 2 dozen.
First of all, this is one of my mom's famous cookie recipes. Everybody looks forward to these delicious licorice-flavored gems with the perfect texture of chewiness. There's a special rolling pin she used that has the designed squares on it that you can probably still find in a specialty cooking store, but luckily she bought me one a long time ago! This is a holiday favorite.
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