Recipe#7359

Title: Anise Stars

From: khhannul@cc.jyu.fi (Katri Hannula) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking 
 Subject: Anise Stars (Cookies) 
 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:33:25 +0530 
 Message-ID: khhannul-2910961533250001@news.jyu.fi 

2 1/2 dl wheat flour
 1/2 dl sugar (generous)
 1 tsp freshly-ground anise (or 1 1/2 tsp powdered anise)
 1/2 egg or 1 egg yolk
 100 gr butter or margarine
 Frosting:
 1 dl icing (confectioner's) sugar
 1 TBS water or anise liquor
 1/2 tsp ground anise
 (red or green candy colouring)
 (small ball-shaped candies, for garnish)
 Cookies: Mix together flour, sugar and anise. Add half an egg (or egg
 yolk), and butter in pieces.  Stir the dough quickly into smooth paste.
 Wrap the dough in foil and let it harden in the fridge for 1 hour. Roll
 the dough into a  thin (3 millimetres) round (or square). Use a
 star-shaped cookie-cutter (mold) to cut out cookies. Transfer ready
 cookies onto a cookie sheet. Keep rolling the dough and cutting stars
 until all dough is used up. Bake the cookies in a 200C (approx. 415 F.)
 for 6 - 8 minutes until golden brown. Cool them an the cookie sheet.
 Frosting: Mix together icing sugar, water (or liqueur) until smooth.
 (Colour the frosting green or red). Frost the cookies and garnish them
 with miniature candies, if desired. Let the frosting stiffen completely
 before transferring cookies into jar or cookie tin.