Need a flavorful dessert to add to your cookie platter or serve with coffee? This Mexican cookies recipe is an absolute gem, and it’s made all the easier with Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix. So the next time you need something sweet on hand, delight your guests with a tray full of Mexican cookies!

Ingredients

Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step

    1

    Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix sugar and 3/4 teaspoon of the cinnamon; set aside.
  • Step

    2

    In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter, egg, anise seed, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon until soft dough forms. Roll dough into 30 (1-inch) balls. Roll in cinnamon-sugar. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 1 inch apart.
  • Step

    3

    Bake 9 to 12 minutes or until set and light golden brown around the edges. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

Nutrition

90 Calories
4g Total Fat
1g Protein
14g Total Carbohydrate
8g Sugars

Recipe Tips

  • tip 1

    Curious about the ingredients in these Mexican cinnamon sugar cookies? Anise seed comes from the anise plant, a member of the parsley family. The greenish-brown seed has a sweet black licorice flavor.