Nicodemus Anise Cookies

Recipe By:
R.T. Eby
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Nicodemus Anise Cookies
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  • Total Time 40 min Ico-add
  • Yield 84 Cookies
  • Level Easy

Using historical pieces and bits, this recipe has been traced back to Jesus dining with the Pharisees although it has been updated to modern cooking methods. The anise in these cookies adds a warm inviting f...
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Ingredients

  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons molasses
  • 2 teaspoons anise extract
  • 1 cup aniseeds (or walnuts for a milder flavor), finely chopped
  • Optional:
  • Butter cream frosting laced with anisette liqueur
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Directions

  1. 1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  2. 2. Cream the butter with the granulated sugar and brown sugar with a mixer at medium speed. Add the eggs; mix well. Stir in the milk, molasses, anise extract and aniseeds.
  3. 3. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients; stir to combine. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for four to twelve hours (overnight is best).
  4. 4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare sheet pans with cooking spray.
  5. 5. Form the dough into logs about one inch in diameter. Cut the dough into 1/4 inch slices and place them on the prepared cookie sheets.
  6. 6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let the cookies cool for a couple of minutes on the pan until they firm up a little then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
  7. 7. If desired you can frost them with a butter cream frosting laced with a bit of anisette.
 
 
  • Did you know?

    Many of the teachings of Jesus as related in the gospels are consistent with the philosophies of the Pharisees of his day including one of the most well known whose name was Paul.