Grandma Vita Cookie Recipe

6 large eggs

1 cup granulated sugar

2 sticks melted butter (slightly cooled)

pinch of salt

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp anise extract

5 tsp baking powder

4 1/2 cups flour

In a large bowl, place melted butter and sugar and mix well. add eggs all at once

and mix well, add baking powder and mix very well till it looks thick and light yellow.

add vanilla and anise extract and mix well. add flour one cup at a time.

when it gets too hard to mix by spoon, mix with your hands and form a ball of dough

make cookies into small golf balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets (with or without parchment paper) about l " apart...
bake at 350 degrees for at least 15-18 minutes (light golden and watch carefully)
Cool on wire rack. Makes around 60 or so.

frost cookies with confectioners icing and decorative candy sprinkles

frosting recipe:

mix confectioners sugar, milk and drop of anise extract until thick and spreadable.

Typically an Italian holiday cookie. I get numerous requests for these. Never seem to be able to make enough!