Ingredients

• 2/3 cup room temperature butter

• ¾ cup Panela Cane Sugar

• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp Cinnamon Verum

• 1 Tbsp orange zest

• ½ tsp salt

• ¼ tsp Smoked Star Anise, ground with mortar and pestle

• ¼ tsp ground Pemba Cloves

• 2 eggs + 1 egg mixed in a little water (for egg wash)

• ½ cup molasses

• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (I used King Arthur Gluten-Free Bread Flour)