This is a family recipe which I cannot do without at Christmas. Little ones will grow to like that unique taste of aniseeds.
Never make half the amount, you will regret it.
Ingredients
- eggs, 3
- sugar, 300g
- almonds whole, unpeeled and cut in 3 pieces each, 200g
- raisins, 150g
- aniseeds, 2 Tbsp
- flour, 300g
Preparation
- Crush the aniseeds with the pestle and mortar and a little sugar
- Mix the eggs and the sugar until white and foamy
- Add the almonds, raisins, crushed aniseeds
- Add the flour and mix well until all the flour has been absorbed
- Prepare a baking sheet by covering it with paper or oil on the back side (!)
- Pre-heat the oven at 160°C
- Pour the mix over the greased baking sheet and spread about 1 cm thick
- Cook in the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes until just golden on the edges
- Take the cooked dough off the baking sheet and cut in diamond shapes while still hot.
- Let cool on a wire rack
