Recipe For Cooking Anise Tuiles

Toaster Oven Cookies :: Drop Cookies

Anise Tuiles

3 lrg. egg whites
3/4 C. powderedsugar
1/2 C. flour
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
3/4 tea. anise extract
1/4 tea. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease lrg. cookie sheet.

In lrg. bowl, with wire whisk, beat egg whites, powderedsugar, and flour until blended and smooth. Beat in melted butter, anise extract or flavoring, and salt. Drop 1 heaping tea. mixture onto cookie sheet. Repeat to make 3 more cookies, about 3 in. apart. With sm. spatula, spread each cookie to a 3-in. round. Do not place more than 4 on the cookie sheet because, after baking, cookies must be shaped quickly before hardening. Bake cookies 5 to 7 min. until edges are golden.

With pancake turner, quickly remove 1 cookie to wire rack. With hands, gently shape warm cookie to flute edges. Repeat with remaining cookies. If cookies become too hard to shape, return cookies sheet to oven to soften cookies slightly. Repeat with remaining batter. Batter will become slightly thicker upon standing. Store in tightly covered container.

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.