Anise Cookies [Angelonie]

Ingredients for the cookie:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon anise extract, or more to taste
3 cups all purpose flour
1 T baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 T milk

Ingredients for the icing:
2 cups confectioner's sugar
3 T milk
a drop of anise extract

candy sprinkles or pearl sugar

Preparing the cookies:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs on at a time until incorporated. Add anise extract.

Combine flour, salt and baking powder and add to the butter and egg mixture slowly, alternating with the milk. Mix until you have a wet dough.

Using a small cookie scoop, scoop batter and then roll it gently in your hands to create a ball. Flatten slightly on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Or roll into an oval shape. It's easiest to have your hands a little moist for this process.

Bake cookies for about 15 minutes. Do not brown them; they should be light in color and have a cake-like texture.

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Preparing the icing:
Mix all ingredients into a smooth paste.

Either dip the cookie in the glaze once they are cool or gently brush the glaze on a lukewarm cookie. Dip cookies into a bowl of the sprinkles or pearl sugar.