Grandma Roses Italian Genettis 1946 - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup white sugar
5 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons anise extract or 3 teaspoons anise flavoring
3 cups all-purpose flour (could also be half cake flour half all purpose flour)

Preparation

Beat eggs with oil and sugar five minutes.
Combine the milk and anise flavour.
Combine the flour and salt and baking powder.
Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Make a soft, very soft dough.
Soft but not sticky.
If you add too much flour they will be dry cookies.
Roll pieces of dough into finger lengths,and widths, and shape into a figure 8.
Bake on parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake 350F for 8 to 10 minutes, just bottoms slightly golden.
Tops should have no colour.
Frost with a glaze of , icing powder, and anise flavour; drop of milk.