It always feels like the best recipes are family recipes, ones that spark a twinkle in someone’s eye as they recall it from their youth. Debra Forrest shared a story and recipe like that with me, and ...

Flavored with licorice and topped with sweet icing, Italian anise cookies are a must-have holiday cookie to complete any Christmas cookie platter.

Our test cook made these Halloween cut-outs using the same recipe for anise cut-outs that she uses at Christmas time. And she made sure to add some icing. This is how the cookies look without icing.

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and anise seeds with a fork. Make a well in the center and pour in the oil and wine. Starting in the ...

What's Cookin' readers quickly rose to the occasion, finding recipes for anise cookies for which we had several requests. Special thanks for help with the request for anise cookies go to Jan Nelson, ...

Kat Lieu adds red miso to "temper the sweetness of the cookie" and includes spices not typically found in a sugar cookie, ...

Fragrant with anise and bright citrus, these crisp cookies bring the same cozy warmth as a mug of mulled wine—perfect for holiday gatherings, gifting or setting out for Santa. How to make a perfect ...

Yvonne Poupart Grundy shared her husband's grandmother's (Marie Miller "Gunny" Grundy) recipe for light-textured, thin wafers with a pronounced licorice taste. Dunk them in milk or coffee. The low-fat ...

Numerous Taste of the Town readers came to the aid of Cindy Zambarano, who's looking for a recipe for an ultra-hard anise cookie that her 88-year-old father remembers his grandmother baking. Most of ...

Lu Ann Sells of Youngwood, Pa., remembers the way her grandmother made anise cookies, and she wants a recipe. “My grandmother used to stir the dough and drop by spoon onto a cookie sheet. The cookie ...