Anise Cutouts Recipe

Be the first to write a review

Rate recipe

This roll-out cookie dough is so easy to work with.—Kate Hutchinson, Warrenton, Virginia

This recipe is:

Quick

[X]

Rate Anise Cutouts Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Anise Cutouts Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Yield: 21 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon aniseed

Directions

In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in aniseed. Chill for 2 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 7-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 131 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 101 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Anise Cutouts in Taste of Home December/January 1999, p41