Fennel Molasses Cookies

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ingredients

for cookie dough

• 35g molasses
• 8 tbsp butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 150g sugar
175g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• a bit of nutmeg (.5 tsp)
fennel seed (2 tsp)
• rosemary (1 small sprig, optional)
• black tea (1 tsp, optional)
• a lil salt

for sugar coating

• 1 tbsp sugar
• fennnel seed

directions

preheat oven 350 F

(optional) brown butter w/ rosemary and tea

mix sugar, eggs, vanilla, molasses together w/

crush fennel seed w/ mortar pestle or similar - w/ half what you want in the cookies and half in the set aside sugar

mix in dry ingredients w/ wooden spoon or stand mixer

let cool in fridge briefly (like 10 min)

scoop and roll in sugar mixture, then slightly (slightly!!) flatten on cookie sheet

cook 10-12 min

enjoy!!