Biscochittos

Makes 48 to 60 cookies depending on how thin you roll them and how you cut them out.

Recipe from Colson's:

6 c. flour

1/4 tsp salt

3 tsp baking powder

2 c. shortening

1 1/2 c. white sugar

2 tsp anise seed

2 eggs

1/4 c. - 3/4 c. orange juice (use your judgement- in our dry climate I use it all)

1/4 c. white sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350. Stir flour with baking powder and salt. Cream shortening with sugar and anise until fluffly. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in flour and oj until well blended. Add in the dry mixture and stir together. 

Turn dough out onto a floured board and pat or roll to about 1/3 inch thickness. Thicker for a more soft cookie, thinner for a crunchier cookie. Cut into shapes and dust with the sugar cinnamon mixture.

Bake 10-12 minutes in oven until browned

Recipe from Nicole Sibley Sinclair: