Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

i love theses cookies, my aunt makes them every year she makes them with real anise seeds instead and they are 10x better than useing the oil but this recipe is still pretty good!!!!

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madchef101

Home Town: Richland, Washington, USA

Reviewed: May 13, 2011

The recipe is good; in Italy we also have aniseed cookies, but they are ring-shaped (they seem small donuts), and are made with the seeds (not whit the anise oil). The italian recipe have only flour, EVOO, sugar, white wine and 1 tbls. of anise seeds.

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Mario Grazia Italian Chef

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2010

These keep for a long time. When i was a child my mom would pack up a large coffee tin and ship it to my brother in Vietnam. I was the only cookie that would keep for such a long time. My German mom would make these in November so they would be ready to eat over the holidays.

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JERI

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2008

I truly loved this cookie. It was an easy and convenient recipe. I thought I would make the dough and let it sit in fridge overnight. Unfortunately, I came down with a bad cold and dough had to sit a couple of extra days. I thought it might have an ill effect on the cookies. I rolled out the dough in the morning, let it sit out all day, baked at night. Truly wonderful. The subtle flavors, the texture and the scent in the kitchen was fabulous! This is now a Christmas tradition. BTW, I did substitute the extract for the oil. And as the recipes states, do not let the cookies brown, it looses the nice texture. Bravo!

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imartie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Living In: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2006

These truly improve over time. They had a very unique texture that I found surprisingly addictive. I am not normally a fan of anise, but these cookies were really good. I don't have a springerle rolling pin, so I just used a cookie cutter to make circles. Instead of the oil, I substituted ground star anise. (Will try the oil next time.)

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Kinchan

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2005

Thank you Judy! This cookie is a Christmas tradition in our family. I love this recipe it's so easy and the cookies are yummy. Though I wasn't sure about letting the cookies sit in a tin for a week. So I tried them many ways: straight out of the oven (Good), after being stored two days (Very Good) and stored 4 or 5 days (Excellent). We love the wonderful yet subtle taste of lemon. There is no wonder why this recipe has lasted 100 years. **The only drawback was I couldn't find anise oil at the time I was baking so I substituted 1 1/2 tsps. of anise extract. It suited our tastes perfectly.**

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SNEEDHORNJR

Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2003

I have been looking to find this recipe for years. My mom used this for sending to relatives during World War II and the korean war. The only difference is she used anise seeds with it all.

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