Italian Anise Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 eggs
2 c. sugar
1/2 lb. Crisco, butter or margarine (or you can use lard)
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 lb. chopped almonds (optional)
6 c. flour (approximately)
1 to 2 drops anise oil or vanilla or 1 to 2 drops anisette liquor
2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Cream lard, Crisco, butter or margarine (whichever one you choose to use) and the sugar well.
Beat in the eggs.
Add the dry ingredients.
If sticky, refrigerate for 1 hour.
Separate into 4 sections.
Roll into a cylinder; cut diagonally across the cylinder with a knife before putting in the oven.
Do not cut through, just mark the cookies with the cut.