It always feels like the best recipes are family recipes, ones that spark a twinkle in someone’s eye as they recall it from their youth. Debra Forrest shared a story and recipe like that with me, and ...

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and anise seeds with a fork. Make a well in the center and pour in the oil and wine. Starting in the ...

What cookies do you look forward to most on your holiday cookie platter? For me, it’s always the anise cookies. Okay, that’s not true. I also look forward to chocolate crinkle cookies, traditional ...

Yvonne Poupart Grundy shared her husband's grandmother's (Marie Miller "Gunny" Grundy) recipe for light-textured, thin wafers with a pronounced licorice taste. Dunk them in milk or coffee. The low-fat ...

1. Sift flour and baking powder together. Set aside. 2. Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whip the eggs, sugar and anise extract until thick and pale, so when the beater is lifted, the ...

What's Cookin' readers quickly rose to the occasion, finding recipes for anise cookies for which we had several requests. Special thanks for help with the request for anise cookies go to Jan Nelson, ...

There's nothing like a Christmas cookie. And any cookie can be a Christmas one with just the addition of a few sprinkles or decorations. Case in point: Snickerdoodles. I made the wonderful and easy ...

Growing up, smelling Italian Pizzelle Cookies with Anise meant that there was a special occasion around the corner like Easter holidays or Christmas time. Mom always had her little recipe book with ...

Stacy Allbritton and daughter Jillian with favorite Anise Cookies, a recipe shared in 2000. (The NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archive) Stacy Allbritton got this recipe from a co-worker in the late 1980s.

2 eggs, plus enough water to equal 1/2 cup 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon anise extract 2 teaspoons anise seeds, optional 1 teaspoon fennel pollen, optional Sift flour and baking powder together. Set aside.

Add more flour if necessary to form a pliant dough. Roll out dough and cut with your favorite cookie cutters. Bake in 350-degree oven until golden brown. Note: We refrigerated our dough for about an ...

2 eggs, plus enough water to equal 1/2 cup 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon anise extract 2 teaspoons anise seeds, optional 1 teaspoon fennel pollen, optional 1. Sift flour and baking powder together. Set ...