Italian Anise Tea Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix the first 6 ingredients with a mixer until light and lemony in color, then add flour 1 cup at a time (I can usually get the first 4 cups with a stand mixer) remove the dough from the bowl onto a lightly floured surface and kneed in enough flour that the dough is similar to play-dough in texture (not soft or moist but not dry either, should be just enough that it doesn't stick to the counter). Roll into long snake like logs about a half inch in circumference and cut at an angle into inch long pieces. Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment or wax paper and bake around 14 minutes until bottom is golden brown (some of the tops of the cookies will crack when baking). Mix together the lemon zest and milk and microwave about 30 seconds and mix in the powdered sugar, reheating as necessary until you get a good icing consistency. Brush icing on cookies and sprinkle with the sprinkles before the icing dries.

Steps:

• These ingredients fit into a rectangle oven Pan about 20 x 35 cm.
• beat the eggs with the sugar till creamy.
• add vanilla and anise.
• beat in the oil.
• add the flour and baking powder portion wise as u do with the sponge cake, preferably using a wooden spoon not the food processor, if you prefer the processor do it on the slowest speed, and don't over mix to keep the air inside.
• grease the pan with oil, and pour the mixture,moisten your fingers with oil to flatten the mixture evenly, it should be about 1 cm thick at this point.
• put in a pre-heated 180 c oven.
• after about 20 min it will look like a cake - you should smell the nice anise aroma by now-.
• take it out and using a sharp knife cut it into small rectangles about 5 x 1 cm.
• take the pieces out and put them on their side on an oven tray , return to the oven till golden.
• leave in the air for a while to cool and turn crisp.
• keep in a neat jar and enjoy.

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
• Cut in the butter until crumbly.
• Add milk.
• Turn out on a lightly floured surface and roll to about 3/4" thick.
• Cut out circles. To do this, my mother taught me to use drinking glass. Just turn it upside down and press into the dough. Perfect rounds every time.
• Place rounds on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter and sugar for dough together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla extract, and anise extract and blend. Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture until blended.
• Take a ping pong-sized ball of dough and roll between your hands to form a rope. Connect the ends and twist into a figure 8 shape. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Mix milk into confectioners' sugar for icing, stirring slowly. Add the anise extract and vanilla extract.
• Dip cooled cookies into the icing face-down and lay on wax paper or a wire rack.

Steps:

• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender, until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
• Make a well in the centre of these ingredients, add liquid slowly.
• When all the liquid has been added, stir dough rather vigoroursly until it comes freely from the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead lightly for a few minutes.
• Roll or pat out to desired thickness, about 1/2 inch.
• Cut dough with 2 inch floured biscuit cutter, or floured open end of glass, place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicon-baking mat.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut in the cold butter with a pastry blender or two knives.
• Stir in the anise seed.
• Make a well in the center and pour in the milk and honey.
• Stir to form a soft ball.
• Knead a few times on a floured board.
• Pat dough into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 1 1/2 inch x 2-inch squares with a knife.
• Bake 10 - 12 minutes at 425 degrees, until golden brown.

Steps:

• Beat eggs together in a large bowl. Gradually stir white sugar into beaten eggs until smooth. Slowly pour vegetable oil and anise oil into sugar mixture until incorporated. Mix flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; slowly add to sugar mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until dough is dry.
• Refrigerate dough, 30 minutes to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Roll dough into walnut-size balls and arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are crisp around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
• Mix confectioners' sugar and milk together in a bowl until desired consistency is reached. Dip a fork into the icing and drizzle over cookies. Allow icing to harden.