Anise Drops
Prep Time12 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time12 hours hrs 40 minutes mins
Servings: 36 cookies
Author: Mrs. Domenick Cerrone
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp anise seed crushed
Beat eggs until thick.
Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until very thick.
Fold in flavoring and flour gradually.
Add anise seed.
Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
Let stand for 12 hours until hard crust forms on top of cookies.
Bake in pre-heated oven at 350º F for about 10 minutes.
Cookies will be light colored with tops puffed up to resemble icing.
Store i tightly covered container.
Yields approx 3 dozen cookies.
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Mincemeat Filled Cookies
Author: Today's Woman Christmas Ideas No. 14 (1967)
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 1/2 tbsp milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp soda
- 1 can mincemeat pie filling
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
Cream shortening and sugars together until fluffy.
Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well
Sift dry ingredients together; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill well.
Roll one forth of a dough at a time on a floured surface to 1/8" thickness.
Cut with a 2 1/2" round cutter.
Place cookies 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Combine pie filling and marmalade; place 1 tablespoon of mixture on each cookie.
Roll one fourth of the dough as previous. Cut with 2 1/2" cutter and cut a small hole in center of each cookie with a small cutter.
Place over filling, centering hole; seal edges by pressing with a fork.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375º F) 10-12 minutes.
Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies.
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