Anisbroetli (aniseed Biscuits)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 4 eggs
• 500 g icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)
• 2 tablespoons kirsch
• 1 tablespoon anise seed
• 1 pinch salt
• 600 g plain flour

Recipe

• 1 break the anise seeds down a little in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle so they are not so chunky.
• 2 cream eggs and sugar.
• 3 add kirsch, ground aniseed, and salt.
• 4 add flour and knead to a dough. you may need a little extra flour to get it to the right consistency.
• 5 roll out the dough to 1cm thick on a floured surface.
• 6 using cookie cutters, cut out shapes, make decorations on them using shortbread moulds (or use anisbrötli mödeli if you have them!).
• 7 place on baking paper on an oven tray.
• 8 bake at 160 degrees celcius for 20 minutes. the biscuits should not brown but stay light in colour.