Sicilian Knot Cookies

About 28 cookies

Ingredients:

Cookie:

3 cups all purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup (unsalted) butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3 large eggs

1/4 cup whole milk

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon anise extract

Glaze:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Grated rind of 1 lemon

Garnish:

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cooking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift together flour and baking powder. Beat together sugar and butter. Add eggs, (one at a time), milk, salt, vanilla, anise extract and then the flour. Mix at low speed or by hand just until flour is incorporated. Roll dough into ropes. Cut each rope into a 5-inch piece and tie like a knot. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheets about 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Cool cookies completely. Make a glaze by mixing powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and lemon rind. Dip tops of cookies in glaze and then in the chopped walnuts.

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