SELF-ICING ANISE COOKIES

Marie Berglund,Embla Lodge #2, Tacoma, WA

  • 3 eggs (medium)
  • 1/2 lb. powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp. anise oil*
anise cookies
  1. Beat eggs very stiff, add sugar gradually, beating continuously. [Add in anise oil.]
  2. Then add flour, beating still more.
  3. Drop by teaspoonful on a greased cookie sheet. Let stand overnight.
  4. Mix in toasted almonds. [Cover dough]. Chill.
  5. In the morning bake in a preheated 350-375° (F) about 10-12 minutes. A pretty white icing will appear on top of these cookies.
  6. Yields about 6 dozen cookies.
  1. * Note: Anise Oil is available online, and in drug stores or in cake stores, and is expensive, but well worth it ...a little goes a long way.
  2. This one seemed to be like pancake mix when used jumbo eggs so suggest you only use medium eggs. I added butter 3 T to make the batter stiffer when this happened, but not much self icing look but nice sheen to them.