Hello everybody.
Woke up to an empty cookie jar this morning, something that rarely happens in our house!
Well though I was busy preparing today’s order which was steak with mushrooms along with mashed potatoes, lasagna, chicken pie and rocca mushroom and pomegranate salad. I searched my old cookbook for something light and healthy to refill the jar.
Came across this old recipe from a dear aunt, anise biscuits or what we call in Arabic ( قرشله), though they’re always available in all bakeries but homemade ones are definitely different.
Ingredients are very basic and simple, all done in minutes. I wonder why I don’t do them often!
Ingredients and method :
* 4 eggs.
* 1 cup sugar.
* 1 cup vegetable oil ( or half olive oil and half vegetable)
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 3 tablespoons anise seeds.
* 2 tablespoons sesame seeds.
* 1 tsp baking powder.
* 4 cups flour.
* Beat eggs and sugar well till creamy
* add vanilla, anise seeds and sesame.
* add oil.
* add baking powder and flour.
* Beat all well till dough is smooth.
* you can either shape dough as logs or circles as you wish, I formed it as a log, rolled it in sesame seeds then cut them to one inch circles.
* bake in a medium heated oven for 20 minutes or till bottom is golden.
* roast surface a bit till biscuits are dry and golden.
And since I was in the baking mood, I did some raisin oatmeal cookies, all so yummy 😋
Here’s the recipe but I didn’t use cranberries today:
Ingredients and method:
* 1 egg.
* 1/2 cup brown or regular sugar.
* 1/2 cup red currents.
* 1/2 cup raisins.
* 1/2 cup crushed walnuts and almonds.
* 3/4 cup butter.
* 3/4 cup oatmeal.
* 3/4 cup flour.
* 1 tsp baking powder.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* pinch of salt.
* cinnamon and ginger powder.
* beat butter with sugar till creamy then add egg and vanilla.
* mix all dry ingredients together.
* mix batter with dry ingredients to form a firm dough.
* scoop a small spoonful and line them on an oven tray .
* bake in a medium heated oven for 10-15 minutes.
