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Zuccarini (Italian Cookies) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
DOUGH:

4-cups flour (Sifted)
6-eggs (room temp)
6-teaspoons baking powder
1/2 lb. butter (softened)
pinch of salt
3/4 cups sugar
3-teaspoons anise extract
2 to 3 teaspoons anise seed (put whole seeds in a cloth and crush with mallet)
2-teaspoons vanilla

FROSTING:

1-cup sugar
1/4 cups water
1-teaspoon lemon extract
1-teaspoon anise extract
Directions:
Directions:
DOUGH:
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and anise seeds
Add softened butter and mix with mixer on low
Add remaining ingredients and mix with mixer and then by hand
Roll dough with hands on floured board into snake shape
Cut pieces approximately 3inches and shape into knots
Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 10 – 15 minutes
or until firm. The cookies should not brown
Let cookies cool completely
While cookies are cooling make frosting

FROSTING:
In a large pot add sugar and water
Cook on medium until frothy.
Add lemon extract and anise extract
Continue cooking and whisking for 5 minutes
After frosting is frothy, carefully add half of the cookies to the pot and with a large wooden spoon and carefully mix cookies in frosting. When completely coated, remove cookies with a slotted spoon and place on a cotton dish towel. Be sure to place the towels on a wooden board to keep from ruining your counters. Let cookies dry completely (at least a couple hours). Once cookies are completely dry, they can be kept fresh in a tin.

 

 

 

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