Twisted Little Gems

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup butter, room temperature or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups flour
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 lb confectioners' sugar
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon anise oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. add eggs and continue to cream for five minutes.
• 3 add vanilla, flour, and baking powder mixing together.
• 4 remove from bowl and knead for 5 minutes.
• 5 if dough is sticky and soft, add a tiny amout of flour.
• 6 break off pieces of dough and roll between palms of hands, into 2-inch length ropes and twist into a knot shape. (love knots mom).
• 7 place little knots 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 8 cookies should only be slightly brown on bottoms.
• 9 watch carefully.
• 10 let cool.
• 11 to make icing:.
• 12 combine sugar and milk, blend in anise extract.
• 13 dip cookie tops into the anise icing which should be thick.
• 14 place cookies on a sheet of wax paper to dry.