Anise Almond 5-Spice Cookies
Megan Says: I am in love with these simple, old-fashioned cookies. They remind me of my grandmother’s anise spice cookies – but with a healthy twist. Grandma Alice’s cookies called for loads of butter and flour. My cookies however have no dairy and no flour. Buckwheat, which is a seed, combined with chia seeds makes for an interesting crunch. Five-spice adds fragrant and sweet licorice, cinnamon, clove, fennel, and anise flavors to my spice cookies. These cookies are sure to become holiday favorites or year-round quick-drop-cookies that are the perfect addition to any coffee- or tea-time with friends.
Servings Prep Time
10people 20min
Cook Time Passive Time
12min 60min
Servings Prep Time
10people 20min
Cook Time Passive Time
12min 60min
Ingredients
Dry
Wet
Caramel
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or sprayed with coconut or olive oil.
  2. 20 cookies
Recipe Notes

1. Take a Bowl.
Dry Ingredients
2. In a large bowl sift together dry ingredients: almond flour, buckwheat flour, anise, chia, five-spice, salt, and baking soda.
3. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients.

Add Wet Ingredients:
4. Melted coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, and almond extracts. Stir together until a sandy dough forms.
5. Mix Dry Mixture into wet mixture with the help of a spatula.
6. Using a small ice cream scooper, scoop tight tablespoon-sized balls onto the cookie sheets.
About 20 cookies. Press dough down to flatten a little.
Tuck in sides to form each cookie into a pretty circle.
7. Top cookies with a pinch of large crystal salt plus whole anise seeds for decorations.
8. Bake 12 minutes until they just begin to turn brown on the tops and bottoms.
9. Caramel: Place all caramel ingredients, except the almond butter, into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Scoop the date mixture into a bowl. Add the nut butter and stir together until smooth.

8. Sandwich: Scoop 2 teaspoons of caramel onto one cookie, fold a second cookie over the caramel to make sandwich cookies. Refrigerate until firm.

9. Now ready to serve to all.

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