• ¾ cup Demerara sugar (or Florida Crystals cane sugar)
• ½ cup softened margarine
• ½ tspn pure vanilla flavour
• ¼ tspn anise seed spice
• 1 egg white

• ¾ cup unbleached white flour
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ tspn baking powder
• ¼ tspn sea salt

Mixed sugar, margarine vanilla, anise and egg white. Stir in remaining dry ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours. Divide dough into halves. Roll each half 3/15 thick on a lightly floured board. Cut into shapes with a cookie-cutter of your choice. Sprinkle with colourful sprinkles or shredded coconut. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake until edges are light brown, about 7 to 8 minutes.

Submitted by: Mazina Nisbett