Italian Anise Cookies

By linedancer

This is NOT one of those bakery pretender wanna-be Italian cookies. These are hard core Italian. And I wouldn't skip the lemon at all - it really compliments the anise! And that's what will make this taste authentic.

Ingredients

• Glaze Ingredients:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• milk
• colored sprinkles

Details

Servings 3
Adapted from italian-dessert-recipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
* Beat together butter and sugar until creamy.
* Stir in anise and lemon * Add dry ingredients - blend together.
* Add eggs. Blend.
* Form dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
* Bake for 15 minutes.
* Cool and glaze.