Wine Cookies

What is the best part about leftover wine? You can drink it and make cookies out of them! Yes, cookies! The incredible Italians have found yet another way to make our eating and drinking experience enjoyable as if they already have not blessed us with hundreds of varieties of pasta pizza. You don’t have to screw open your new bottle of wine, you can just use the bottle you half consumed last year, it might taste even better now.

This Wine Cookies recipe stores well. You can store it in a storage container and eat later, and it will still taste as delicious as freshly prepared.

Health benefits:

The wines used in the cookies come with plenty of benefits, especially red wine which has been known to boost heart health and prevent diseases to cardiovascular health. a study published in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found out that red wine reduces LDL cholesterol by 8 percent. Not only that, red wine is also known to help fight diabetes. Wine is filled with antioxidants that help fight off free radicals which help boost your immune system and improves your overall well-being

Calories per serving: 79 g

Fat: 3 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Sodium: 0 mg

Ingredients

Sugar: 1 1/4 cup

canola oil: 1 cup

white or red wine (the red wine needs to be dry wine): 1

teaspoons of aniseed: 2

Dash of salt

cups of all-purpose flour: 4

How To Make Wine Cookies

1. Whisk a cup of sugar, oil, wine, aniseed, and salt in a large bowl till it becomes well-blended.
2. Stir the flour into the mixture, gradually, while kneading it to form a dough of soft texture. Cover the mixture and let it rest for 1 hour.
3. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
4. Once the dough has been set for an hour take ½ inch balls and roll into a snake-shaped cylinder and then connect the ends to make a donut shape.
5. Dip the tops of the cookies into the remaining sugar and them one inch apart from each other on a well-greased baking sheet.
6. Bake the donuts for 25 minutes till you see them turning golden brown. Remove the pan from the oven and then let it cool before serving.

Trivia:

We have been told that the older the wine the better it tastes, however, that is not the case at all.in some cases that might be true, however, if you are looking for health benefits then it is better that you go with the red wine.

Also, the red color of the red wine comes from the grape skins.