My husband"??s grandmother used to make a cookie that had anais in it and was shaped
like a walnut sized ball and rolled in cinnamon and powdered sugar. He calles them panne de polvos. They are "??melt in your mouth good"??!!! I would love to find the Mexican christmas recipe and surprise him with them this Christmas.
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Grind cinnamon and anise in blender. In large mixing bowl add cinnamon and anise mixture with all other ingredients. Mix until dough is formed.
Put dough into electric or hand cookie shooter and form 2-inch cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Cook 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool. Coat in special powdered sugar (see below).
PAN DE POLVO POWDERED SUGAR:
1 c. sugar
1 stick cinnamon
1 tbsp. anise
Thanks soooo much. This sounds like it will be it "?" my husband will be so surprised. It will make his Christmas!
If you go to Cooks.com and type in Cookie Panne de Polvos in the Search box, it will come right up with the Mexican christmas recipe. The one at the website has anise in it.
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Grind cinnamon and anise in blender. In large mixing bowl add cinnamon and anise mixture with all other ingredients. Mix until dough is formed.
Put dough into electric or hand cookie shooter and form 2-inch cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Cook 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool. Coat in special powdered sugar (see below).
PAN DE POLVO POWDERED SUGAR:
1 c. sugar
1 stick cinnamon
1 tbsp. anise
Ingredients
1-1/3 C. Butter Flavor Shortening
2/3 C. confectioners"?? sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
2-1/4 C. All-Purpose Flour
1/8 tsp.salt
1 C. finely chopped pecans
Additional confectioners"?? sugar
Directions
In a bowl combine shortening, confectioners"?? sugar, vanilla and almond extracts; beat until light and fluffy.
Add flour, salt and pecans; mix well.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 325F.
Shape dough into 1- to 112-inch balls.
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 25 minutes or until edges of cookies are light brown.
Combine flour and sugar. Cut in shortening. Add 1/2 cup cinnamon tea. If more tea is needed to hold together flour/shortening mixture, add a very little at a time. Divide dough into 3 equal parts, form into balls. Roll out between 2 pieces of waxed paper. Roll to about 1/8 inches. Cut out cookies. Bake about 5 minutes or until bottom is brown. Bake at 400 degrees. Yields: 19 dozen cookies.
Dip into sugar and cinnamon while warm. (Powder some sugar by placing small amounts of sugar into blender. Add stick of cinnamon to sugar while in blender. Add cinnamon according to taste.)
CINNAMON TEA:
Place 2 American sticks of canela in 1 1/2 cups water and sprinkle in anise seeds and bring to a boil.