Springerle III
Springerle III might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. This recipe makes 36 servings with 105 calories, 2g of protein, and 1g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up anise seed, baking powder, cake flour, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Add sifted powdered sugar and beaten egg yolks. Beat for 15 minutes (!)
Sift cake flour with baking powder and salt.
When you roll them out, use just enough flour to roll easily.
Roll lightly to 1/4 or 1/2 inch thickness and press design into dough with a well-floured 'Springerle' rolling pin - but don't go all the way through the dough. (The rolling pin has designs cut into it. They sell them in specialty stores.)
Butter a cookie sheet and then sprinkle it with anise seed.
Cut each section apart carefully and transfer the cookies to the sheet.
Let stand overnight to set the design. Otherwise, they sort of melt into themselves.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Bake for 15 minutes. Do not brown. Springerles are hard at first, but if you store them in a bread box they become tender.