Editor’s Tip: One of the best cookie-baking tips for soft ... Can you freeze this anise cookie recipe? Yes! You can freeze many cookie recipes, including these. Store them (frosted or unfrosted ...

“I hope you like the flavor of anise,” I said to our news editor, Liz Baumeister, earlier this week as I held out plate of holiday cut-out cookies, fresh from the Times Leader test kitchen.

Our family-favorite ginger cookie recipe is a go-to from Allrecipes, so I made one last search and found this Italian Cookies with Anise recipe—it's the perfect stand-in for our missing family recipe.

These cookies are a variation of my chocolate pizzelle recipe as well as the classic anise pizzelle recipe ... Why do my pizzelle not taste the best straight out of the iron?