Answering Mary Bet from the old board

[Robin]

From: MARY_BET88 12/8/2002 11:19 am
To: ALL (1 of 5)

I am looking for Italian Christmas cookie recipes using anise as a flavoring. Any recipe you might have, that you've tried and liked, would be appreciated. Thank you, and have happy holidays!

This recipe is called Pizelles and it's from one of my Cookie gals named Sandy. She always brings Italian Cookies.

Italian Pizelles (Sandy)

6 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, melted
7 cups flour
4 tbs baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp anise flavoring

Beat eggs and sugar until mixed add cooled butter. Sift together dry ingredients and add to make a stiff dough. Drop by teaspoons onto pizelle maker. Store in airtight container, makes about 60.

See pictures here:
www.robinsweb.com/cookies/cookie-recipes-2001.html#Italian

[Robin]

Here's another one:
Sandy's Almond Biscotti

3/4 cup whole natural almonds
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350. Spread nuts on cookie sheet and bake 7 minutes or until lightly toasted. Cool. Coarsely chop nuts; set aside. Meanwhile, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in eggs, butter and vanilla until blended. (mixture will be crumbly.) Stir in nuts, knead
until smooth.

Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 13 inch log about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Bake on cookie sheet 30 minutes or until firm. Cool on rack 10 minutes; do not turn oven off. With serrated knife, slice logs diagonally 1/2 inch thick. Arrange cut side down on cookie sheet. Bake 5 - 6 minutes per side, until golden. Cool on rack.

For chocolate topping: melt about 1/2 semisweet morsels in a ziploc bag in microwave. Cut the tip off the corner and drizzle on cookies.

See those cookies here

www.robinsweb.com/cookies/cookie-recipes-tv.html#Sandy

...and if you look carefully you'll see that this cookie is a part of my navigational map of my Cookie Section! These were the cookies that Sandy made for the Food Network Cookie Show! Yum Yum!! Sandy is a professional cookie and her cookies are excellent!