Italian Anise Cookies
These cute little Italian Anise Cookies are a traditional recipe with a glaze topped with nonpareils. Prepared with simple ingredients from the pantry, these little balls flavored with anise will become your favorite.
Servings: 20 -22 cookies
Calories: 125kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1/2 cup of butter soft
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 3 eggs medium size
- 2 tsp. of anise extract
- 2 1/2 tsp of baking powder
- 2 cups of flour
Glaze
- 1 cup of icing sugar
- 2 tbsp of milk or water
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 350F.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and the sugar.
- Add the eggs, one by one. Mix well.
- Incorporate the baking powder and pour the anise extract.
- Add the flour and mix until fully incorporated.
- Shape the dough into small balls (roughly smaller than a golf ball)
- Bake them 8 to 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, mix the icing sugar with the milk.
- Once the anise cookies are baked and cooled down, dip the top of the cookie in the glaze and sprinkle immediately with nonpareils.
- Repeat until done and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 100mg | Sugar: 9g