Description
Christmas or Easter cookie.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup warm water
- Icing:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon anise extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 tablespoons water
- candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a bowl.
- Combine butter
- sugar
- eggs
- and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat until smooth and creamy. Change to the dough hook and gradually mix in flour mixture. Add warm water and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Roll each ball out to a 4-inch long worm. Bring one end over the other
- then underneath and through the middle
- like a knot. Place 16 cookies on a baking sheet
- four rows of four.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden
- 13 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Repeat to bake remaining 2 batches of cookies.
- Meanwhile
- mix powdered sugar
- anise extract
- and salt together in a bowl. Mix in water
- a little at a time
- until desired consistency.
- Dip cooled cookies upside down into the icing
- then turn over onto waxed paper. Sprinkle with candy sprinkles.
Prep Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 48