Italian White Christmas Cookies

I don't know the real name of these cookies, but they are a Christmas tradition in my family.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 50-100 Cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups  Crisco
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 6  eggs
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  cups  warm milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  teaspoon  anise extract
• 11  cups flour
• 11  teaspoons baking powder
•  powdered sugar
•  water

Directions

1. Melt crisco an butter, then cool.
2. Beat eggs and sugar.
3. Add milk, vanilla, and anise extract.
4. Add crisco/butter mix.
5. Slowly add flower and baking powder. Work gently.
6. Bake on cookie sheet 3-5 min on bottom rack, then 3-5 min on top rack. Bottoms should come out lightly brown.
7. Let cookies cool, then ice with a mixture of powdered sugar and water. Add red and green food coloring to icing for a more festive look.