Title: Pastel Pretties
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 96 servings
3/4 c Sugar
1 3/4 c Flour
1 Egg
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Anise extract
1/2 c Butter
DESCRIPTION: Buttery, anise-flavored discs of pink, green and yellow.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Beat butter
until soft. Cream in sugar. Add egg, vanilla and anise, mixing well. Add
in flour and mix until incorporated. Chill dough slightly (half an hour).
Divide dough in half. Return half to refrigerator. Divide remaining half
into three parts. Color one part pale pink, one part pale green and one
part pale yellow. Roll each color into two, 10-inch long ropes. Place the
six ropes on a baking sheet and refrigerate.
Remove plain dough from refrigerator and divide in half. Return half to
refrigerator. Roll remaining half into a 10 x 6 inch rectangle. Place one
pink, one green and one yellow rope in rectangle, with two ropes on the
bottom and the third centered over the two. Wrap plain dough around ropes
to form a "casing." Wrap the roll in plastic and refrigerate at least 45
minutes. Repeat process with remaining ropes and plain dough. Slice chilled
logs into 3/16" slices. Place on ungreased baking sheets and bake 15
minutes or until firm, but not brown. (Browning slightly on bottom is
fine.) Cool on racks. Store separately from other cookies because anise
flavoring "travels." STORAGE: Up to two weeks airtight, three months in
freezer. Family recipe of Theresa Grant, HWWK11b.
