Polish Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

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

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 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.
• on a lightly floured surface roll out the dough and cut with cookie cutters. place cookies on greased cookie sheets.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 12 to 15 minutes. frost and decorate when cookies are cooled.