These are tender, puffy-looking cookies that are not too sweet, with a pleasing anise and orange flavor.
Christmas Cookies with Anise and Orange
These are tender, puffy-looking cookies that are not too sweet, with a pleasing anise and orange flavor. They are typically made at Christmas, but they are welcome at any time of the year.
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Catherine Cavallaro Goodmen, a second-generation Italian American, learned to make them from her Aunt Annie, one of many aunt who taught her how to cook. Aunt Annie said the recipe originally came from Gramma Cavallaro, who brought them from Pizzo Calabria, Italy. She added that the original fat for the cookies was melted animal lard or olive oil squeezed fresh from green olives off the trees. These cookies really are best the day after they are made.