Sicilian Knot Cookies

20m
Prep Time
10m
Cook Time
30m
Ready In


"You can't just have one. If you do not like anise, you can use almond Extract instead."

Original is 30 servings
  • FOR GLAZE
  • Garnish

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (49 g)
  • Calories 149.3
  • Total Fat - 5.1 g
  • Saturated Fat - 2.3 g
  • Cholesterol - 29.2 mg
  • Sodium - 512.5 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 24.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
  • Sugars - 13.7 g
  • Protein - 2.5 g
  • Calcium - 46.8 mg
  • Iron - 0.4 mg
  • Vitamin C - 4.2 mg
  • Thiamin - 0 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Roll dough into ropes. Cut each rope into a 5-inch piece and tie like a knot. Bake cookies on un-greased cookie sheets about 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Cool cookies completely.

Step 3

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.

Tips


No special items needed.

3 Reviews

ForeverMama

Sicilian’s know a thing or two about cookies, these are delicious! They came out with a really nice crumb - not hard, not overly soft, but just right. The frosting and nuts added that wonderful finale, bringing them to a higher level of yum. If choosing to do so, also can highlight either the lemon flavor or the anise and next time, I want to make a batch as noted and another batch where the anise will be increased in the cookie and added to the frosting. Have already doggy-eared this recipe to be added to our Christmas tray cookie selection. Thanks so much, MsPia, for sharing.

5.0

review by:
(20 Apr 2024)

KeeWee

Someone always makes these in my family for the holidays, and this is my year. This looked like a good recipe to try. I did use the anise as that is how we always have them. They baked beautifully and are delicious. So happy these were a success with me making them. Now to see what the family thinks!

5.0

review by:
(25 Dec 2018)

ellie

Wonderful cookies. I used anise seed instead of the extract and skipped the glaze. I also couldn't tie the tie in knots, so just folded it over like bow-ties. This makes a lot of cookies -- about 4 dozen or so. Thanks for sharing!

5.0

review by:
(11 Jul 2017)

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