Anise Cookies Recipe

Information:

• Yield: 3 dozen cookies
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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract 
• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder (Yes, really. These guys will puff up. And they are supposed to be airy, almost like a biscuit, but not quite.)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• Glaze Ingredients:* 1 cup powdered sugar
• Milk (eyeball it, no specific measurement, you choose your consistency)
• Colored sprinkles

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
2. Beat together butter and sugar until creamy.
3. Stir in anise and lemon
4. Add eggs. Blend.
5. Add dry ingredients – blend together.
6. The dough should be almost crumbly, but when you roll it in your hand it stays together.
7. Form dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. (Try not to get much bigger than 1 inch)
8. Bake for 15 minutes.
9. Cool and glaze.