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"The tradition of Italian cooking is that of the matriarch. This is the cooking of grandma. She didn't waste time thinking too much about the celery. She got the best celery she could and then she dealt with it."--Mario Batali

Grandma's Italian Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
FOR COOKIES:
4 cups unbleached, all purpose flour;
5 tsp baking powder;
1/4 tsp salt;
1 cup sugar;
(Sift all the above ingredients together);
2 eggs (3 eggs if the two aren't large ones);
3/4 cup milk or soy milk;
1/2 cup canola oil;
3 tbsp anisette or sambuco liquor, or anise extract
FOR ANISETTE GLAZE:
2 cups confectioner's sugar;
2 tbsp anisette;
2 tbsp milk;
food coloring of your choice
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375º. Measure flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl. Sift into a separate bowl. Combine eggs, milk, oil and anisette. Whisk. Pour over the dry ingredients. Mix well. Put the dough on a cookie sheet. 1 full teaspoon = 1 cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, until VERY light, golden in color. Cool on racks.
ANISETTE GLAZE: Combine 2 cups confectioners sugar, 2 tbsp anisette, and 2 tbsp milk (or a little more if you want the glaze to be "loose"). Stir until creamy, adding your choice of food coloring. Spread on tops of cookies.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
makes about 35 cookies

 

 

 

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