Easy Anise Cookies
These delicious anise cookies are a holiday favorite. They are snowball cookies with anise flavoring and so easy to make.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon anise extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- powdered sugar for rolling cookies in (about 1 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.2 cups all purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Using electric mixer, beat butter and anise in large bowl until light.¾ cup unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon anise extract
- Add both sugars and beat until fluffy.½ cup sugar, ¼ cup powdered sugar
- Beat in egg.1 large egg
- Add dry ingredients.
- Using spoon, stir until mixture forms a crumbly dough. You can use your hands to mix it together as well.
- Grab a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and roll into a ball then place on a lined cookie sheet.
- Repeat this process until you rolled all of your dough into cookie balls making sure to space them about 1 inch apart.
- Bake until cookies turn lightly brown on bottoms, about 10-15 minutes. At 10 minutes I like to check the cookies by gently lifting up one cookie on the pan and looking at the bottom to see if it is a brown.
- Once they are done, remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack.
- Let cookies cool completely then using a small spoon or fork, transfer cookies to a bowl of powdered sugar, rolling them around so they get nice and coated.powdered sugar
- Repeat this process until you have coated all your cookies with powdered sugar.
- Dust with a little more powdered sugar before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 108kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 54mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 187IUCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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