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

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30 min.

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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.