Duimpjes - Dutch Cookies

From the Michigan Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Institute of Chicago, 1947.

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Serves: 48

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup  almonds, chopped
• 1  teaspoon anise seed, crushed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together; add alternatively with the milk to the creamed mixture.
4. Add almonds and anise seed; mix thoroughly.
5. Drop from a teaspoon onto a baking sheet.
6. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden.