Licorice Biscuits

Its been a while since I have heard the word licorice, its not a food that I would go out and buy but would eat if it was in front of me.

After attending a wedding that had a lollie (candy) buffet with an amazing chocolate covered licorice I decided that I wanted to bake something with this ingredient.

After some though I felt a licorice pie could be a goer, a cake…maybe, but the easiest and quickest way to incorporate this ingredient into baking would have to be biscuits, (easy and quick as I planned to bake a few variations to get that scrumptious recipe).

Outcome – a few attempts (too chewy, too hard, too soft then one perfect with a shortbread consistency version) I have decided to share this awesome recipe. This biscuit is super tasty but only for a licorice fan as I have gone ‘generous’ with the flavor.

Ingredients:

• 250g butter
• 130g sugar
• 80g condensed milk
• 2 tsn anisette essence
• 300g plain flour
• 1 + ½ tsn baking powder
• 80g licorice pieces

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 160c and line 3 big baking trays with baking paper.
2. With electric beaters beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until light and creamy.
3. Add the milk and essence then beat for another few minutes until smooth.
4. Add the flour and baking powder to the mix and beat.
5. Add the licorice cut into small pieces and beat until well combine.
6. Roll mix into balls with hands to small golf ball sizes (30g in size).
7. Place balls on the trays and slightly flatten with hands.
8. Bake for 18 minutes or until golden.
9. Once cooked place on a rack to cool.

Notes:

• Licorice is not the easies to dice I actually used scissors to cut the pieces into small diced pieces.

 

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