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Anise Icebox Cookies

4 reviews
Test Kitchen Approved
Total Time

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

about 5-1/2 dozen

Updated: Aug. 01, 2023
These crisp, old-fashioned spice cookies are one of my favorite anise recipes to cook up—especially around the holidays. —Sharon Nichols, Brookings, South Dakota
Anise Icebox Cookies
Anise Icebox Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1 tablespoon aniseed

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans and aniseed.
  2. Shape into two 8-1/2-in. rolls; wrap each in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 375°. Unwrap dough; cut 1/4 in. off the ends of each roll. Cut dough into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 74 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 61mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.