Iced Anise Biscuits

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    38 minutes

    This is a lovely anise-flavoured biscuit recipe, very simple to make but quite delicious with afternoon tea or coffee.


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    Ingredients
    Serves: 18 

    • 4 cups (500g) plain flour
    • 1 cup (220g) white sugar
    • 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
    • 1 tablespoon anise essence
    • 1 teaspoon anise essence
    • 1 cup (185G) icing sugar
    • 2 tablespoons hot water

    Directions
    Preparation:30min  ›  Cook:8min  ›  Ready in:38min 

    1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.
    2. In large bowl mix flour, baking powder and white sugar. Make a well in the centre and add oil, milk, 1 tablespoon anise essence and eggs. Mix together until dough is sticky.
    3. Oil fingers and pinch off dough in 3cm pieces. Roll into balls and place on a lightly greased baking tray 3cm apart and flatten top slightly. Bake for 8 minutes. Dip biscuits in icing while warm.
    4. To Make Icing: Blend in 1 teaspoon anise essence and enough hot water to 1 cup icing sugar to form a smooth icing.

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    This is my Italian grandmother's recipe, to a T (except for the baking power typo, of course - 3 teaspoons works perfectly We call them "Sciamellis" in my family. The key with these cookies is that YOU SHOULD NOT BROWN THEM. If they turn golden on top, they're overdone. When you just start to see a teeny bit of golden color at the base of the cookies, get them out of the oven! Almond, anise, vanilla, lemon...all varieties taste great.  -  22 Nov 2006  (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)

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    100

    These were delicious and authentic Italian cookies with a nice strong anisette flavor. I presume the recipe had a typo regarding the 6 Tbs. of baking powder and I reduced it to 1 heaping Tbs. They were the exact consistency they should be and I cannot imagine what an additional 5 Tbs would have created!  -  23 Nov 2001  (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)

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    79

    Love this cookie. 11 minutes seems perfect for bake time. I've been using an old recipe for years and it somehow just changed over time and the cookies were just boring. This is great. Very nice texture, not too cakey not too dry. Wonderful understated flavor - just great... I made up a batch for this Easter sunday and made different colors for the icing. They look like a bunch of beautiful Easter eggs. DELICIOUS... Thanks for this recipe. Also makes several dozen if you don't make them too big. Nice... I changed the baking powder amount to 1 tablespoon.  -  11 Apr 2006  (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)

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