Predniki (Polish Christmas Cookies) Recipe
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Anise Cookie |
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Ingredients: 1 lb. lard and 2 Tbsp. butter
4 eggs
½ c. sugar
1½ c. milk
6 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
8 c. sifted flour (or more if needed)
10 cents real anise oil (about ½ oz. or to taste)
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Directions:Cream lard and butter. Add eggs, milk and cream. Then add baking powder, salt and flour. Add anise oil and mix.
Roll out dough with rolling pin. I like my cookies thin, but others like them thicker. Cut out with Xmas cookie cutters. Bake in 375º oven for 10 minutes till light brown. |
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Frosting |
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Ingredients: Butter
Confectionary sugar
Milk
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Directions:Cream butter, add confectionary sugar. Add milk till the right consistency for frosting, add a little vanilla. |
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Notes: This is an old family recipe passed down through the generations. It was also one of my son, Peter’s favorites. He loved to pass on the old traditions to his children. His children did not also find this cookie as favorable. They called it the anis cookie.
One year when I was helping Caitlyn make the Pedniki she brought out the smallest little cookie cutters I had ever seen. I asked her why since it was much easier to cut and frost a larger cookie. Then she told me that her Dad would always makes his kids eat a Pedniki before they could have a cookie they liked. It was much easier to swallow the dreaded Polish cookie if it was tiny. Peter always did have an unusual sense of humor!
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