{"id":42121,"date":"2023-12-11T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=42121"},"modified":"2023-12-11T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:07:11","slug":"anise-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/12\/11\/anise-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Anise Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/12\/11\/anise-cookies\/anisettecookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AnisetteCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AnisetteCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AnisetteCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AnisetteCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AnisetteCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AnisetteCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year, and I&#8217;ve been experimenting with some new cookies to add to my old favorites. Bake a couple to test, and freeze the rest of the dough for a future baking session! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the cookies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>3 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon anise extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the icing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon anise extract<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons milk<\/li>\n<li>nonpareils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, butter, and anise extract. Using the paddle attachment, slowly blend the ingredients into a soft dough.<\/li>\n<li>Drop 1 tablespoon of dough onto the parchment, spacing them about 2&#8243; apart. Bake for 10 minutes, until the bottoms of the cookie are light brown. After 5 minutes, remove them from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, whisk the confectioners sugar, anise extract, and milk. Dip 3 or 4 cookies at a time in the icing, placing them back on the baking rack, and sprinkle with nonpareils.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year, and I&#8217;ve been experimenting with some new cookies to add to my old favorites. Bake a couple to test, and freeze the rest of the dough for a future baking session!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176,1238],"tags":[5772,97,2931,2935],"class_list":["post-42121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-anise","tag-baking","tag-christmas-cookies","tag-italian-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aXn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24517,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/15\/cowboy-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":42121,"position":0},"title":"Cowboy Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Cowboy Cookies are a combo of two classic cookies - chocolate chip and oatmeal, all rolled into one cookie, and they're delicious!\u00a0 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1\/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup vegetable shortening 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lovin' from the Oven&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lovin' from the Oven","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/lovin-from-the-oven\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CowboyCookies.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44112,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/11\/18\/orange-ricotta-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":42121,"position":1},"title":"Orange Ricotta Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"It's almost that time of year, and now is the time to bake test batches of cookies for my holiday cookie boxes. 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