Italian Wine Cookies

Name: Italian Wine Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ tablespoons aniseed (also called anise seed); ½ cup white wine; ½ cup olive oil; 6 tablespoons sugar (for Cinnamon Sugar); 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (for Cinnamon Sugar)

S-shaped Italian crisp cookies made with white wine and olive oil, without butter or eggs, dusted with cinnamon sugar. Ideal for serving alongside wine after meals.

45 min

Easy

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Ingredients

all-purpose flour 2 cups

sugar ½ cup

baking powder 2 teaspoons

salt ¼ teaspoon

aniseed (also called anise seed) 1½ tablespoons

white wine ½ cup

olive oil ½ cup

sugar (for Cinnamon Sugar) 6 tablespoons

ground cinnamon (for Cinnamon Sugar) 2 tablespoons

Instructions

Preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 1 or 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Make dough

Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and aniseed in a large bowl. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the wine and olive oil until fully combined.

Make cinnamon sugar

Whisk together the sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl.

Shape cookies

Pinch off 1-inch chunks of dough and roll them between your hands (or on a flat surface) to form thin ropes about 6 inches long and about the thickness of a pencil. Gently toss in the cinnamon sugar to coat. Shape the ropes into an S and place on the prepared sheet(s), arranging them about an inch and a half apart.

Bake

Bake for 17 to 20 minutes or until the cookies are browned and feel mostly firm. (They will firm up more as they cool; the longer time yields a crunchier and slightly darker cookie.) If using 2 cookie sheets, rotate them from top to bottom and front to back about halfway through baking. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.