1 h 10 min89.2 kcal40 porcie

Italian Anise Cookies With Icing and Sprinkles

Name: Italian Anise Cookies With Icing and Sprinkles
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 1/2 CUP butter; 1/2 CUP sugar; 3 PIECE eggs; 2 CUP all-purpose flour; 2 1/2 TEASPOON baking powder; 1 CUP milk; 2 -3 CUP confectioners' sugar; 2 CUP milk

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These delicate cake-like cookies are glazed with icing and topped with colorful candy sprinkles. They have a mild anise flavoring, which is very typical of Italian baked goods. My family always served these cookies at holidays, weddings or special celebrations, but now that I know the recipe, I can enjoy them all year long!

Ingrediencie

1/2 CUP butter1/2 CUP sugar3 PIECE eggs2 CUP all-purpose flour2 1/2 TEASPOON baking powder1 CUP milk2 -3 CUP confectioners' sugar2 CUP milk

Postup

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
For cookies, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add anise extract.
Blend flour and baking powder. Start by adding about 1/3 of these dry ingredients to the butter/sugar in your mixer, then add 1 T. milk. Add another third of the flour and another 1 T. milk. Finally, mix in enough of the remaining flour until your dough is like a brownie batter (it should be softer than a drop cookie dough).
Use a 1 T. cookie scooper to make simple round drop cookies - use wet fingers to pat any rough edges OR for an Easter-Egg look, roll 1 T. dough into an elongated ball.
Bake cookies 10-12 minutes (they won't be brown but the insides will be soft and cake-like).
For icing: mix sugar, milk and extract to make a sugar glaze. HINT: When I make the icing, I make it thick but then I microwave it for 10 seconds so it is thin enough for dipping. Also, I like to divide the mixture in thirds, and then add ONE DROP of food coloring to each batch (pink, green, yellow).
Hold cookie in your hand and turn upside down so you can dip the top half in the glaze; turn over and immediately top with sprinkles so they will stick.
Allow icing to harden overnight; then store in air-tight containers or freeze.

Výživové hodnoty

Kalórie

89.2 kcal

Bielkoviny

1.4 g

Sacharidy

14.7 g

Tuky

2.8 g

Nasýtené tuky

1.6 g

Vláknina

0.2 g

Cukor

8.4 g

Cholesterol

20.3 mg

Sodík

54.1 mg

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