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Great recipe for non-wine drinkers to use up some wine. Flexible. I didn't have aniseed, so I used a mix of Chinese five spice powder, ground star anise, and clove. It could be fun to experiment with other flavors.<\/p>
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My \"soft dough\" was more like a thick batter even with the max flour, which made handling difficult. Made the rope rounds, some thumbprint style, some slightly flattened balls, and some drop-from-the-spoon (no sugar coating). All work, but out favorite is the slightly flattened (think peanut butter cookies before the fork).<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2021-02-02","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurplePaw"},"reviewBody":"Delicious! Not overly sweet.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}}]},"video":{"data":{"status":204},"message":"No shortcode found in recipe"},"rms_legacy_id":"123910","romance_copy_dek":"My grandmother did not speak English very well, but she knew the language of great food. 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