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Italian Anise Drops




Source of Recipe


Christmas Cookies Around The World


Recipe Introduction


The dried top of the cookie forms an "icing" during baking. The bottom of the cookie is called a "Fuesschen," a little foot.



List of Ingredients




1 1/2 cups 4x sugar
3 eggs
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 - 2 tsp anise seeds



Recipe



The night before: Beat sugar and eggs until stiff, about 5 to 10 minutes. The egg-sugar mixture will have doubled in volume. The air in this mixture will provide the leavening.

Sift together cinnamon and flour. Slowly fold flour into eggs by hand.

Gread two cookie sheets, and sprinkle with anise seeds. The more seeds, the stronger the anise flavor. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets.

Cover with a clean cloth and let stand overnight (or two). This period of sitting out will give the cookies their "feet" and "icing."

The next morning: Preheat oven to 350ºF and bake until the tops just begin to get a hint of brown, 10 to 12 minutes.