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Anise Cookies

July 7, 2010 | 34 Comments | Email | Print
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When it comes to coveting anything and everything anise-flavored, I am Italian through and through. I just love the bright licorice-flavored aroma that seeps from baked goods that have anise in them. Anise pizzelles may be my favorite, but these anise cookies are a very close second. They are light and almost cake-like in texture, [...]

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Anise-Almond Biscotti

July 21, 2009 | 25 Comments | Email | Print

Biscotti are as familiar to me as chocolate chip cookies are to most children. Growing up in an Italian family and spending a lot of time at my grandma’s house, there was never a shortage of biscotti. Cookie jars at her house weren’t full of store-bought cookies or any type of homemade “American” varieties; no [...]

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Pizzelle – Italian Waffle Cookies

June 8, 2009 | 39 Comments | Email | Print

I have a huge soft spot in my  heart for pizzelle. Growing up, it was extremely rare to walk into my grandma’s house and not find a large tin of pizzelles waiting to be eaten (they were usually sitting right next to the huge tin of biscotti that were also a staple in her house). [...]

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