INGREDIENTS
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2 tablespoons butter
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1/2 cup brown sugar
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1-1/2 pounds rhubarb, fresh or frozen, chopped (about 3 cups, see Later Notes)
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1 teaspoon anise seed ground in a mortar & pestle or a spice grinder
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1-1/2 cups flour, fluffed to aerate before measuring or 209 grams
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1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup salted butter, softened
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 teaspoon anise extract (or vanilla)
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2 eggs
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3/4 cup buttermilk