Easter Italian Miscotta

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Italian favorites

Ingredients

  • 15 eggs
  • 1 pt. creme
  • 12 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3 tsp. anise
  • 1 lb. butter
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 8 tsp. baking powder
  • 8 cups flour
  • ONE THIRD RECIPE
  • 5 eggs
  • 2/3 cups cream
  • 1/3 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. anise
  • 2/3 cups butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 4 tsp. baking powder
  • 4 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

Sift dry ingredients. Cram the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and the anise, then the flour. Knead onto a suface till it is a nice smooth dough. Make 1 inch roll, then cut unto about 6 inches to form a figure 8. Bake @350 for about 6-8 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies is just starting to brown. Cool and frost with an anise flavored powder sugar frosting.