Italian Cookies with Anise

Name: Italian Cookies with Anise
Total time: 55
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened; 0.5 cup white sugar; 3 large eggs, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon anise extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1.5 teaspoons baking powder; 2 tablespoons milk; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 0.5 teaspoon anise extract; 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe by AliciaVR6 from allrecipes.com

Dessert 55 Mins.

Ingredients

36 servings

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0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened
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0.5 cup white sugar
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3 large eggs, at room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon anise extract
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3 cups all-purpose flour

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1.5 teaspoons baking powder
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2 tablespoons milk
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2 cups confectioners' sugar
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0.5 teaspoon anise extract
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0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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.
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.
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.
Mix milk into confectioners' sugar for icing, stirring slowly. Add the anise extract and vanilla extract.
Dip cooled cookies into the icing face-down and lay on wax paper or a wire rack.