Granny's Anise Cookies
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:20 am
This recipe was passed down to my Wela, Faustina Garcia Gutierrez de Diaz. She told me it was her Wela's which would date it to about 1850 in Piedras Blancas. Her father, Jose Garcia, was a baker there and was known as "El Pato".
Granny's Anise Cookies
(makes about 100)
3 cups vegetable oil
1 teaspoon anise
1 cup wine (red makes them slightly pink, or use white)
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking powder
flour as needed
Heat the oil in a saucepan on the stove until warm. Add anise seed and allow to soak for 1/2 hour.
Put about 6 cups flour in a very large bowl. Add oil with anise, mix with a spoon. Add wine, salt and baking powder and mix well with your hands.
Roll a tablespoon of dough betwee hands and shape into doughnut shape, crossing the ends . Bake on oiled cookie sheets at 350 degrees until lightly browned (15-20 minutes) do not over bake. Cool completely on wire racks or they may crack.
Glaze if desired with icing made of powdered sugar mixed with enough milk to thin for spooning over cookies.
We sometimes added colored sprinkles to the icing before it dried.
These are great with coffee!
Granny's Anise Cookies
(makes about 100)
3 cups vegetable oil
1 teaspoon anise
1 cup wine (red makes them slightly pink, or use white)
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking powder
flour as needed
Heat the oil in a saucepan on the stove until warm. Add anise seed and allow to soak for 1/2 hour.
Put about 6 cups flour in a very large bowl. Add oil with anise, mix with a spoon. Add wine, salt and baking powder and mix well with your hands.
Roll a tablespoon of dough betwee hands and shape into doughnut shape, crossing the ends . Bake on oiled cookie sheets at 350 degrees until lightly browned (15-20 minutes) do not over bake. Cool completely on wire racks or they may crack.
Glaze if desired with icing made of powdered sugar mixed with enough milk to thin for spooning over cookies.
We sometimes added colored sprinkles to the icing before it dried.
These are great with coffee!
