springerle ii

ingredients

• servings: 6
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• 2 tablespoons anise seed
• 4 1/2 cups cake flour

recipe

• beat eggs until light and fluffy, gradually adding sugar ( approx. 15 minutes) this is important, do not underbeat.
• fold in extract and flour.
• roll dough out on lightly floured surface to about 3/8 inch. use rolling pin to firmly "imprint" the design dough.
• cut cookies apart and on greased baking sheet, sprinkle with anise seeds. let cookies sit out overnight, covered, to "dry".
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• place cookies into oven and reduce temp to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). bake until light yellow only, approx. 15 minutes. they are not supposed to get brown!
• these cookies are a hard cookie, need to be stored for at least 2-3 weeks. you can add a slice of apple to "soften" back up or a slice of bread works, too. replace bread or apple every 2-3 days.