Italian White Christmas Cookies

Submitted by shelshel0110

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

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• 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.