Polish Christmas Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
2 cups white sugar
5 eggs
7 ½ cups all-purpose flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ ounce anise extract

Nutrition Info

122.3 calories
carbohydrate: 15.6 g
cholesterol: 19.7 mg
fat: 5.9 g
fiber: 0.4 g
protein: 1.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 80.1 mg
sugar: 5.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Cream the butter, shortening and the sugar together. Stir in the eggs and continue to beat. Add the anise flavoring. Stir in 7 cups of the flour, the baking powder and the salt. Mix until the dough is soft. Add the additional cup of flour if needed. Chill the dough.

  3. On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough and cut with cookie cutters. Place cookies on greased cookie sheets.

  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes. Frost and decorate when cookies are cooled.

Recipe Yield

5 to 6 dozen

Recipe Note

My mother in law has a polish name for these but my husband and brothers always just called them \"Polish Christmas Cookies\". They are very easy to make and have a nice anise flavor to them.

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