Pezzi Duri
- 6 eggs
- Âľ cup sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ pound sliced blanched almonds
- Dash of salt
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon anise seed
- 1 teaspoon anise extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions:
Another favorite that we’ve discovered many Italian families enjoy.These little pastries dusted in sugar melt in your mouth.
- Separate the eggs. In a large bowl, beat the yolks. Keep the whites to the side; take about a tablespoonful out and place it in a separate bowl.
- Combine the beaten yolks with the sugar, oil, almonds, salt, baking powder, anise seed, and anise extract. Add the egg whites and mix well.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll the mixture into 4 long (27-inch) rolls. Add flour as necessary to bind the rolls and hold their shape. Place them on a cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 20Â minutes.
- Remove the sheet from the oven and brush the rolls with the reserved egg white. Cut the rolls into 3-inch strips.