Moques gantoises, a Belgian recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 100 g (1/2 cup) sugar
• - 50 g (3 tbsp.) melted butter
• - 500 g (18 oz.) flour
• - 20 g (2/3 oz.) yeast
• - 2 tbsp. milk
• - A pinch of baking soda
• - Vanilla
• - Granulated sugar
• - 1 tbsp. anisette or other licorice liquor