These cookies come from my childhood and from the Italian side of my family. It has been forever since I’ve had them and made them. It is so funny how much a smell can bring about memories from the past!
These cookies are very simple, fun & tasty! I was hoping to wake up to snow falling this morning, sadly it felt more like a first day of spring kind of day, where it is chilly but the birds are singing, the sun shinning and I almost expected to see some bees buzz by,lol!
I believe it got into the 40’s, very unusual weather for December here. I know the snow is coming but I want it now,lol. Today there was still no packages waiting for us at the Post Office, sad panda…there is always tomorrow!!
Italian Christmas Cookies
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 4 Dozen
Ingredients
- 4½ Cups Flour
- 2 Sticks Butter
- 1½ Cups Sugar
- 6 Eggs
- 6 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- {Cookie Glaze}
- 3 cups Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Anise Extract
- ¼ Cup Water
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Slowly add flour to creamed mixture and mix until blended. Use a cookie scoop and place 2″ apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes or until cookies are set and bottoms are lightly browned.
- { For The Glaze}
- Mix all ingredients with an electric mixer, or by hand. Beat until smooth. Dip tops of cookies into frosting. Add colored sprinkles. Let dry completely on wire rack.
