Anise Almond Rounds

• 12 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons anise seed
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups ground almonds
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup superfine sugar for dredging

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepare 2 cookie sheets.
3. Beat butter and sugars until creamy, then beat in the orange rind, almond extract and anise seed.
4. Combine the flour, almonds and salt with a fork and beat this into the butter mixture.
5. Chill the dough for at least 2 hours.
6. Break off 1-inch pieces of dough and shape them into balls.
7. Flatten them slightly and bake for 20 minutes.
8. Cool for a few minutes on a cookie rack.
9. Roll the cookies in the superfine sugar while they are still warm.
10. Store in an airtight tin.

butter, brown sugar, sugar, orange rind, almond, anise seed, flour, ground almonds, salt, sugar

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/anise-almond-rounds (may not work)