Name: Italian Cookies with Anise
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup; White sugar - ½ cup; Eggs, at room temperature - 3 large; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Anise extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Milk - 2 tablespoons; Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups; Anise extract - ½ teaspoon; Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Italian Cookies with Anise

1. Unsalted butter, softened ½ cup

2. White sugar ½ cup

3. Eggs, at room temperature 3 large

4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

5. Anise extract 1 teaspoon

6. All-purpose flour 3 cups

7. Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons

8. Milk 2 tablespoons

9. Confectioners' sugar 2 cups

10. Anise extract ½ teaspoon

11. Vanilla extract ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Italian Cookies with Anise

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Beat butter and sugar for dough together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla extract, and anise extract and blend. Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture until blended.

3 . Stage

Take a ping pong-sized ball of dough and roll between your hands to form a rope. Connect the ends and twist into a figure 8 shape. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.

4 . Stage

Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

5 . Stage

Mix milk into confectioners' sugar for icing, stirring slowly. Add the anise extract and vanilla extract.

6 . Stage

Dip cooled cookies into the icing face-down and lay on wax paper or a wire rack.