Eastern European Recipe ⋆ Polish Christmas Cookies

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.

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

Cooking 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories122.3
• carbohydrateContent15.6 g
• cholesterolContent19.7 mg
• fatContent5.9 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent1.8 g
• saturatedFatContent2.5 g
• sodiumContent80.1 mg
• sugarContent5.6 g