Recipe

Fennel Cookies Recipe

	Divinelee / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago This is an attractive, crispy cookie. The flavor of fennel is very much like licorice, but it is subtle. The dough of the cookie, I also use as a base dough for sugar cookies and other cookies. It's light, crisp and buttery. You can get creative ... More Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:23	Divinelee
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Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

½ cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon ground fennel seed

¼ teaspoon salt

1 large egg

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

¼ cup pine nuts (Sunflower seeds work well too)

* I add a little cinnamon to everything, and ginger would be nice here too. Just a dash for flavor.

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, ground fennel seed, and salt with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg.

Add the flour and mix just until blended.

Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and shape into an 8-inch log. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 heavy, large baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut the dough long crosswise into 1/8 or ¼ inch-thick slices. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheets, spacing evenly apart.

Press the pine nuts decoratively atop the cookies (or sunflower seeds, or a combination). Bake until the cookies are golden around the edges, about 15 minutes.

The cookies are good to make the day ahead and the log of dough can be kept in the ice box, wrapped tightly, and used for another batch.

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Comments

deliathecrone 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Fennel is my favorite seed, apart from anise, that is! :) And a touch of cinnamon empowers any dish. Thanks, gave it 5.

tuilelaith 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Did you know that fennel is suppose too make you feel less hungury, so these could be called diet cookies! I am making these tonite! Cleaning carpets today so need to wait ubtil thats done... Thank you for the recipe.