Easy Italian Cookies

• 1/2 pound butter softened
• 2 large eggs beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 cups flour, all-purpose
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon anise extract
• 1 x colored sprinkles

1. For the dough, cream butter and sugar, add eggs and flavoring.
2. Mix well.
3. Blend in flour and baking powder.
4. Work to form a soft pliable dough.
5. Cut off pieces of dough, the size of a walnut, roll to about 1/2 inch thickness, then shape into a curved 'S' shape about 2 1/2 inch long or a straight 2 1/2 inch pencil shape.
6. Bake in preheated oven 375F (190C).
7. until lightly brown about 15 to 20 minutes.
8. Make about 3 dozens of cookies.
9. Cookies may be iced or left plain.

butter, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla, powdered sugar, milk, anise, colored sprinkles

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/easy-italian-cookies-32709 (may not work)