Cookies

Enjoy these cookies as part of a holiday cookie tray or year-round

Makes about 25 cookies  

Ingredients

For the cookies:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 teaspoons anise extract  (okay to use lemon or vanilla too!)


Method

1. – Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
2. – In the microwave melt butter  in a bowl.
3. – Beat the melted butter  about 2 minutes.
4. – Add granulated sugar and mix well.
5. – Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, about 1 minute each.
6. – Mix in lemon extract.
7. – Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture slowly, until fully incorporated. Don’t overmix.
8. – Roll the cookie dough in small balls (they puff up quite nicely) and place them on ungreased cookie sheets.
9. – Bake at 370 degrees F for 8-10 minutes (mine took 8 minutes). The bottoms of the cookies should be lightly browned but the tops of should remain light in color.
10.   Remove cookies from the cookie sheet immediately and move to a wire rack. Cool completely before glazing.

  For the glaze:

• 2-3 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract (okay to use anise or vanilla)

  Directions

1. – Slowly mix milk with powdered sugar and lemon extract.
2. – The glaze needs to be thick to adhere to the cookie.
3. – Dip the top of each cookie into the glaze.
4. – Sprinkle each cookie with nonpareils and leave them to completely dry.