Licorice cookie strips
8 Dozen
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter (no substitutes) softened |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Packed brown sugar |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 2½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Aniseed |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| ½ | cup | Chopped nuts |
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts. Divide dough into 10 portions; shape each into a 12 inch log. Place 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork to ¼ inch thickness.
Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes; cut diagonally into 1 inch slices. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: about 8 dozen Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@...
Source: Quick Cooking Nov/Dec 98.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@...> on Nov 9, 1998