Use a heart shape cookie cutter or any small cookie cutter you like. The Anise seeds will create a wonderful flavor!
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Because I have no idea what went wrong and the cookie was fine, I can not really rate this recipe. I wish there were more instructions within the directions and that the photo truly represented the end result. I feel like with a lot of “simple” recipes I missed something here. It actually got warm and humid so these cookies kind of melted and got fuzzy. I don’t recommend doing the icing sugar technique at this time of year. I think nostalgia is a big part of the appeal of these cookies but I have a feeling if they were made with butter and a little salt they would have ended up being tastier and prettier, just like the photograph. The texture was crumbly and lovely that way. I think a pinch of salt would have helped bring out the cinnamon flavour much more. My cookies looked, quite honestly, unattractive and not super appealing so I rolled them in icing sugar and used my fingers to massage the powdered sugar all over the cookie instead of tossing them in sugar with some cinnamon. And my cookies, as you see above, came out a brownish grey because of the cinnamon. The cookies are all golden brown but that is not possible when you use shortening.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes if you roll them out thinner.Īlso, I just don’t understand how the photo in the cookbook looks like this. I baked them in a preheated 300F oven for 15 minutes since mine were quite thick. Darn it! Why was that not in the directions?!!! It wasn’t until after putting them in the oven I read that Eva rolls them very thin like her Aunt Elsa. I scanned the three introductory paragraphs and at the very end saw the text “3/8 inch” so that is how I rolled them out. The recipe says to use 1 1/2″ or smaller cookie cutters which was fine but it did not say how thick to roll out the dough. The problem I had was with the directions. I could do roll it just fine at this point.
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You are supposed to roll the dough between sheets of wax paper but I did not need to. I put them in a food processor and added more water until they really came together. I mean SHATTERED! One little touch from the rolling pin and they turned to dust. I manage to turn them into two disks and chill them in the fridge.Īnd then, they fell apart. Mix together 2 1/2 cups flour and 1 tsp ground cinnamon.Ĭream together 1 cup of shortening and 1/4 cup of sugar for two minutes.Īdd 2 tbsp of water and beat until thoroughly combined.Īdd the flour and cinnamon mixture. I made half the recipe but I will share it the way that it appears in the cookbook. This recipe from her cookbook Eva’s Kitchen, published by Random House of Canada, kind of drove me crazy and not because they were brittle! She did warn that they are delicate and do not hold up very and boy, was she right. Eva Longoria‘s story about making these cookies as a little girl for her teacher and spending her allowance on cookie cutters so she could bake them charmed me into attempting them myself.