Bizcochitos No1
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
3 tbsp sherry, sweet
1 egg
3 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp anise seed crushed or
1 tsp anise oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugar and margarine, sherry and egg in a
large bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients except the 1/4 cup
sugar and the cinnamon. Divide dough into two balls. Roll out each
ball to 1/4 inch thick and cut into any shape with cookie cutters.
Place on ungreased sheet. Mix together the sugar and cinnamon and
sprinkle on the cookies before baking. Bake 10-12 minutes until
golden.
These cookies are cute made into a cactus shape. Pinch off balls of
dough, one larger than a quarter and 2 the size of a nickel. Roll
each of the balls between your palms to make cigar shape. Flatten the
large one to make the main stem of the cactus. Bend one third of
each of the two smaller ones to make a J shape and attach them at
uneven intervals on each side to make the "arms". Flatten them to
match the trunk and bake.
Let you daughter taste the anise first. Often children do not like it
as much as adults. If your daughter does not like the anise flavor
simply substitute cinnamon oil or flavoring. It is very popular in
Mexico.
From: bcollins@students.wisc.edu (Nancy Lee Collins)
Servings: 6
