This is an easy to make, impressive, cookie for mature tastes. You'll love this recipe! Makes approx. 2 dozen cookies Ingredients 1 large egg 1/3 + 3 TBS sugar 3/4 tsp anise extract 1/3 cup + 2 TBS canola oil 1/4 cup milk 2 cups + 2 TBS all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder Glaze Ingredients 1 well rounded cup of powdered sugar 2 TBS milk 1 tsp lemon or vanilla extract Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F Beat the egg, sugar and anise. Add [...]
We’re still under kitchen construction but coming to the point where money is going out at a steady pace. It was to be expected that during this “open wallet” period that something else should come up. What would that be? The dryer of course! It was cold outside with no clothes line nor a place to hang wet wash without it touching the ground or getting dusty. The next best thing, since it wasn’t dripping wet, was around the top of the stairs. No very pretty but it sure made the house smell nice. We hope the service charge and [...]
No sleeping in this Sunday morning. We were up and running…well, I was since the dogs had to go out. Zoey and Shane went a couple of miles before Ted and I hit the road at 6:30 am to get to Schenectady for the Stockade-Athon, a 15K road race. It was raining and it wasn’t SUPPOSE TO BE RAINING! We kept checking the weather in hopes that 50 degrees with clear skies would set in by 9 am. It was an important race since it would give us an idea of where Ted was in his training for the Disney [...]
From the kitchen of Mary Mayer and posted by Chris, this lovely licorice flavored cookie brings back a lot of good memories for Utica Italians. It’s a must for that wedding cookie tray. Anise Cookies 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 4 tsp anise flavoring 5 cups flour 3 TBS baking powder 3/4 cup shortening (butter or a healthy choice margarine) 1 cup milk For the glaze, you will need 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar 1/4 cup water dash of anise extract Preheat the oven to 425 F. Mix all ingredients for the cookies, eggs through milk, then [...]
Italian cookies are being baked, one recipe at a time, for a very special gal. It’s almost her very special day. Another terrific cookie recipe posted by Chris from our book A Taste of Utica. Check out page 192 for this traditional Italian goodie. Regina’s Sesame Cookie – makes about 3 dozen or more 2 cups flour 3/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 2/3 cup butter 2 eggs separated 1/4 cup milk (I used cream) 1 tsp vanilla about 2/3 cup sesame seeds to finish *more as required. Preheat oven to 375 F. Mix flour, [...]