Recipe For Cooking Anise Cakes

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Anise Cakes

1/2 C. butter
1 1/2 C. sugar
3 eggs
1 tea. aniseed
3 C. sifted flour
1/2 C. blanched almonds

Cream butter until soft, then gradually add sugar, and continue working until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating hard after each addition. Stir in aniseed and flour. Drop batter from a tea. onto prepared cookie sheet and place an almond on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 min. or until bottoms of cookies turn a golden brown. The tops should be pale. The cakes improve in flavor if allowed to ripen in an airtight container for several days before serving.

Makes approximately 3 to 4 dozen.