These interesting Italian cookies are made with anise-flavored dough that's shaped into a knot. They're topped with a lemon glaze and chopped nuts.
Ingredients:
* Cookie:
* 3 cups all purpose flour
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 cup (unsalted) butter, softened
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 3 large eggs
* 1/4 cup whole milk
* Pinch of salt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/4 teaspoon anise extract
* Glaze:
* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* Grated rind of 1 lemon
* Garnish:
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Method
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift together flour and baking powder. Beat together sugar and butter. Add eggs, (one at a time), milk, salt, vanilla, anise extract and then the flour. Mix at low speed or by hand just until flour is incorporated. Roll dough into ropes. Cut each rope into a 5-inch piece and tie like a knot. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheets about 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Cool cookies completely. Make a glaze by mixing powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and lemon rind. Dip tops of cookies in glaze and then in the chopped walnuts.
Number of servings: about 28 cookies
Ingredients:
* Cookie:
* 3 cups all purpose flour
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 cup (unsalted) butter, softened
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 3 large eggs
* 1/4 cup whole milk
* Pinch of salt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/4 teaspoon anise extract
* Glaze:
* 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* Grated rind of 1 lemon
* Garnish:
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Method
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift together flour and baking powder. Beat together sugar and butter. Add eggs, (one at a time), milk, salt, vanilla, anise extract and then the flour. Mix at low speed or by hand just until flour is incorporated. Roll dough into ropes. Cut each rope into a 5-inch piece and tie like a knot. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheets about 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Cool cookies completely. Make a glaze by mixing powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and lemon rind. Dip tops of cookies in glaze and then in the chopped walnuts.
Number of servings: about 28 cookies