Italian Wine Cookies with Anise Recipe: Ciambelline al Vino
Discover one of the most tasty and simple Italian cookie recipes! Ciambelline al Vino are crunchy and rich with the taste of wine! Here, we are including anise seeds (a popular variation) and a splash of Italian Sambuca (anise flavored liquor).
Equipment
- 1 measuring cup
Ingredients
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 7 tbsp white wine or an anise liquor like Sambuca
- ½ cup oil vegetable or sunflower
- 4 cups flour cake or all purpose
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp anise seeds optional
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 3 tbsp sambuca liquor or, more white wine
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients together.2 tsp baking powder, 7 tbsp white wine, ½ cup oil, 4 cups flour, ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- Knead them briefly just until you have created a smooth dough that is not sticky— a dough similar to gnocchi.
- Stretch pieces of the pasta into ropes (15-20 g a cookie). The rope for each cookie should be 10-12 cm (about 4"). Wrap those pieces like a ring around your finger to close them.
- Pass each 'ring' you've created in a bit of granulated sugar.
- Bake in a static oven at 350° F (180° C) for 20-25 minutes until golden. Or, bake in an air fryer on 'bake' setting (no parchment) at 320°F / 160°C for about 15 minutes.
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