Italian Cookies with Anise

Italian Cookies with Anise

Sure to be a hit at your next family gathering, these Italian cookies flavored with anise are dipped in a sweet icing to take them over the top.

Preparation Time
30 mins
Cooking Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Calories
106 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step 2
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.
Step 3
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.
Step 4
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.
Step 5
Dip cooled cookies into the icing face-down and lay on wax paper or a wire rack.
Step 6
Mix milk into confectioners' sugar for icing, stirring slowly. Add the anise extract and vanilla extract.
Italian Cookies with Anise
Italian Cookies with Anise
Italian Cookies with Anise
Italian Cookies with Anise

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon anise extract
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 0.5 cup white sugar
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon anise extract

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