Anise Drops (Anisscheiben)
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Ingredients 6 ingredients
- 2 extra-large eggs -- (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon anise oil
- 1 2/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Cookies
- 1 cup sugar
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
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- Beat the eggs, sugar and anise oil until thick and piled softly.
- Sift flour and baking powder together; add in fourths to the egg/sugar mixture, blending thoroughly after each addition.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
- Set cookie sheets aside in a cool place - NOT in the refrigerator - for 8 to 10 hours or overnight. DO NOT COVER AND DO NOT DISTURB!
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Bake cookies for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
- During baking, these German cookies form a cake-like layer with a crisp "frosting" on the top.
- From The Canadian Family Cookbook; edited by the staff of the Culinary Arts Institute; 1981.
- MC formatted and contributed to FareShare by Hallie.
- FareShare Gazette; 20 August, 2000
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