Easy Italian Cookies

Name: Easy Italian Cookies
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: butter; eggs; sugar; flour; baking powder; vanilla extract; powdered sugar; milk; anise extract; colored sprinkles

Make these delicious Italian cookies for a change, they are buttery and just right amount of sweetness. Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.

YIELD

36 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

20 min

READY

40 min

Ingredients

POUND BUTTER
softened

LARGE EGGS
beaten

CUP SUGAR

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TABLESPOONS BAKING POWDER *

TABLESPOONS VANILLA EXTRACT

CUP POWDERED SUGAR

TABLESPOONS MILK

TABLESPOON ANISE EXTRACT *

X COLORED SPRINKLES *

Directions

For the dough, cream butter and sugar, add eggs and flavoring.

Mix well. Blend in flour and baking powder.

Work to form a soft pliable dough.

Cut off pieces of dough, the size of a walnut, roll to about ½ inch thickness, then shape into a curved ‘S’ shape about 2½ inch long or a straight 2½ inch pencil shape.

Bake in preheated oven 375℉ (190℃). until lightly brown about 15 to 20 minutes.

Make about 3 dozens of cookies.

Cookies may be iced or left plain.