Anise cookie slices

48 slices

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter or margarine
3ouncesCream cheese
cupC and H Powdered Sugar
4Eggs
cupAll-purpose flour
3teaspoonsBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
2teaspoonsAnise seeds

Directions

Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and beat until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

(Mixture might look curdled.) Add remaining ingredients; mix well.

Chill dough 3 hours. Divide soft dough in half. On a 17 by 14 inch cookie sheet, form each half of dough into a roll 1-½ inches wide and the length of the cookie sheet. Bake in 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cut rolls into ¾ inch slices. Place on cookie sheets, cut side down, return to oven and bake 10 minutes or until toasted and crisp. Makes about 48 slices.

Reprinted with permission from _From our Private Collection_ From the C and H Sugar Kitchen Electronic format by Karen Mintzias