Description
Old Italian recipe.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon anise extract
- 1 teaspoon anise extract
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease or line cookie sheets.
- Combine flour
- sugar
- and baking powder together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add oil
- milk
- eggs
- and 1 tablespoon anise extract; mix together to form a workable dough. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls
- flatten slightly
- and place 1 inch apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden
- about 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- make the icing: Mix confectioners’ sugar
- hot water
- and 1 teaspoon anise extract together until smooth. Spoon or drizzle over warm cookies and allow to cool completely.
Servings: 18