What cookies do you look forward to most on your holiday cookie platter? For me, it’s always the anise cookies. Okay, that’s not true. I also look forward to chocolate crinkle cookies ...

At the holidays, I always think of my great-grandmother's hands rolling pasta and baking anise crescents. They looked like powdered sugar-coated Italian wedding cookies, but with a secret ...

Add the anise seeds and beaten eggs ... 7. Place squares on a cookie sheet. Use a small sharp knife and cut at each corner. With your fingers pinch each little corner together to form “petals”.