These easy-to-make treats are delicious on their own or with fresh fruit. Keep them in mind for a hostess gift.
Recipe information
Yield
Makes 12
Ingredients
Sugar
1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17 1/2-ounce package), thawed
1 egg beaten with 1 teaspoon milk (glaze)
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 teaspoons aniseed
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle work surface with sugar. Set pastry atop sugar and roll out to thickness of 1/8 inch. Brush with egg glaze. Combine 3 tablespoons sugar and lemon peel in small bowl. Sprinkle over pastry. Sprinkle with aniseed. Cut pastry crosswise into 1-inch-wide strips. Pick up each pastry strip, twist several times and place on ungreased cookie sheet, pressing ends onto sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes. Cool pastries on rack.
