Corsican anise cookies: the traditional recipe

Name: Corsican anise cookies: the traditional recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 500 Flour; 1 Baking powder; 1 Salt; 200 Granulated sugar; 0,5 Anise seed; 1 Peanut oil; 1 White wine

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Corsican anise cookies: the traditional recipe

AuthorCategoryCakes, Tarts & Baked SweetsDifficultyBeginner

Here is the traditional recipe for anisette cookies, these small biscuits with anise and white wine. Crunchy and melt-in-your-mouth, they are really irresistible for enjoying with coffee or a nice mint tea.

Yields6 Servings

Prep Time15 minsCook Time10 minsTotal Time25 mins

Ingredients

500 Flour

1 Baking powder

1 pinch Salt

200 Granulated sugar

5 Anise seed

1 Peanut oil

1 White wine

Directions

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, anise seeds.

Pour the liquids: peanut oil, anise-flavored spirit. Add the white wine until the dough comes away from the sides.

Brown the milk cakes. Add the granulated sugar.

Finally, bake for about 10 minutes at 160°C (thermostat 5-6).

Ingredients

500 Flour

1 Baking powder

1 pinch Salt

200 Granulated sugar

5 Anise seed

1 Peanut oil

1 White wine

Directions

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, anise seeds.

Pour the liquids: peanut oil, anise-flavored spirit. Add the white wine until the dough comes away from the sides.

Brown the milk cakes. Add the granulated sugar.

Finally, bake for about 10 minutes at 160°C (thermostat 5-6).

Notes

Corsican anise cookies: the traditional recipe

Ingredients Directions

cris51December 29, 2018

It's true the recipe is not complete; you need to shape your dough into a log and put it in the oven at 180°C. After 10 minutes, cut it into pieces of 1 cm and return it to the oven to brown flat. Alternatively, you can flatten it and cut it with a cookie cutter. Bake for 15 minutes, keeping an eye on it.
roroDecember 29, 2018

Okay, very easy and good... but you need to know a bit about baking to properly gauge the consistency of the dough... for the baking, I extended it by 10 minutes.
JulieDecember 29, 2018

Good I didn't use anise seeds, any spirit, or white wine; I replaced the amount of all those liquids with lemon juice... It was good, but next time I will add 2 packets of vanilla sugar to the dough. My suggestion: It's also very good with almonds!
MaîtéDecember 29, 2018

Sugar I tried the recipe with 500 g of flour and it was fine. I used all-purpose flour. Is it normal for the sugar to be added at the last moment on the dough? This results in a cookie that isn't sweet, just with sugar on top. Next time, I will mix half of the sugar into the dough and put the rest on top.
SarahDecember 29, 2018

Too floury I followed the recipe exactly and the result is not at all what I expected. First of all, I think there is too much flour because the dough doesn't form a ball, it crumbles; I had to add oil and water to improve its appearance. So I'm wondering: is the amount of flour correct (500 g)? Thank you in advance for your response.