Cream Crisco and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time to the creamed mixture, then baking powder, salt, vanilla, and milk until creamy texture. Add anise seek and flour. Form dough into 1/2 inch rope and shape cookie (about 3 turns of rope), or scoop small 1/2 ball (use melon scoop).

Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Cookie will NOT be browned, except on bottom where it touches the cookie sheet. Frost with mixture of icing made with Powdered Sugar and Hot Milk Frosting. Make sure milk is Hot – makes frosting glossy. You can also add colored sprinkles to frosting or food coloring.

Submitted by: Cheryl Hampton