Dylan Dreyer's Aunt Tillie's Christmas Cookies

• Refrigerated

  • 6 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1-ounce bottle Anise extract
  • 6 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 4 cups Flour
  • 1 cup Shortening
  • 1 cup Sugar

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Cupcake decoration balls, Tiny

• Liquids

  • 1 Water

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• Preparation In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar, shortening and anise extract.In a medium bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Gradually add in flour mixture to cream mixture.  To bake cookies in a log, roll dough into short stubby sticks; or shape dough into individual balls. Bake at 375 F for 15 minutes (check after 10 minutes). Cool and slice (for logs) before icing and decorating. For the icing, combine confectioners’ sugar with enough water to form a paste. Top the cookies with the icing and decorate with multi-colored tiny cupcake decoration balls. Related video Closed Captioning ON OFF apply | reset x Text Display Background Enhancements font Times New Roman Arial Comic Sans size T T T T color Dylan Dreyer shares her aunt's Christmas cookie recipe: Share yours! Play Video - 1:58 (currentTime)) { % Your video begins in   function printNewWindow(contentWrapper, title, newWindow) { var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var isAndroid = ua.indexOf(android) -1; //&& ua.indexOf(mobile); if (isAndroid) { var gadget = new cloudprint.Gadget(); gadget.setPrintDocument(url, title, contentWrapper); gadget.openPrintDialog(); } else { newWindow.print(); } return false; } function printRecipe(contentWrapper, title){ var newWindow = window.open(, Printrecipe, top=200,left=200,height=400,width=600); newWindow.document.write(+ title + + + + ); var recipe = Today.com + contentWrapper.innerHTML; setTimeout(function() { newWindow.document.body.innerHTML = recipe; newWindow.document.close(); newWindow.focus(); printNewWindow(contentWrapper, title, newWindow); newWindow.close(); }, 500); } Recipe tags Dessert Christmas Hanukkah Kid-friendly Party Desserts Food On the show More Dessert recipes Peanut Butter Cheesecake Truffles Recipe Devil's Food Cake Heart with Chocolate Whipped Cream Recipe Chocolate Truffles Recipe Hidden Surprise Valentine's Cookies Recipe Easy Chocolate Fondue Recipe Valentine's Day Layer Cake Recipes See more Dessert TODAY Food Club A place where anyone can submit recipes, ask questions and share advice. Join the conversation! TODAY Food Video Bacon roses are the Valentine's Day treat you need to try Buttermilk devil’s food cake, cheesecake truffles: Easy Valentine desserts Confetti pancakes, heart-shaped cinnamon rolls: Valentine dessert hacks Valentine’s cookies with a hidden surprise: Try Gesine Bullock-Prado’s recipe Popular in Food How to make a bacon rose bouquet for Valentine's Day M&M's new flavor: Vanilla Cupcake Candies McDonald's is testing a new crab meat sandwich DIY celebration: Try these easy Valentine’s Day food hacks About TODAY Visit TODAY TODAY store TODAY apps Contact us Sitemap Jobs Terms & Conditions Privacy policy Closed captioning Advertise  AdChoices