Anise Balls

Anise balls are soft and sweet Italian Christmas cookies, festively colorful and beautifully scented.

Details

  • Preparation Time: 25 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 8 minutes
  • Difficulty: 1
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

dough

  • 4 cup Wheat flour, white, multi-purpose

  • 1 cup Sugar, white

  • 6 spoon Baking powder

  • 2 spoons Spices, caraway, seeds

  • 0.5 cups Milk, whole milk

  • 2 piece Egg, fresh

  • 0.75 cups Oil, vegetable oil, canola

obliv

  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla, extract, natural

  • 1 cup Powdered sugar

  • 6 spoon Water

okras

  • 100 g Sugar, white

Steps

  1. Prepare the dough: mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the center, pour in the oil and milk, and add the eggs. Knead the ingredients well to form a uniform dough.

  2. Preheat the oven to 190 °C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. With oiled hands, shape the dough into about 40 balls with a diameter of 2.5 cm, placing them on the baking sheet.

  3. Bake the balls in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. While they are baking, prepare the sugar glaze: in a bowl, mix sugar, water, and vanilla extract until smooth.

  4. Remove the baked balls from the oven and while still warm, roll them in the sugar glaze. Place them on a rack, sprinkle with colorful sprinkles, and let them cool and dry.

  5. Arrange the prepared balls on a serving plate and serve.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 358.96 kcal
  • Fat: 13.61 g
    • Saturated Fat: 1.18 g
  • Carbohydrates: 52.55 g
    • Sugars: 19.73 g
  • Protein: 5.52 g
  • Fiber: 1.58 g

Advice

The cookies will have an even better flavor if we replace the ground anise and vanilla extract with anise extract. One cup of dry ingredients is approximately 150g.