Recipe: Tarrali (Italian Cookies) (2) - repost

TARRALI - GRANDMA PELLEGRINO STYLE
From: Recipelink.com Chat Room Recipe Swap - 2001-06-23
Source: Don Corleone/rec.food.cooking - 11-25-98

These cookies are a Christmas time treat in my family. Hope you enjoy.
This recipe, in my opinion, tastes better with margarine, but you can use butter.

1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
6 eggs
5 cups sifted flour
5 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla OR anise extract

Cream butter and sugar together, blend in eggs.

Stir in flour, baking powder, and extract. Using a teaspoon, drop batter on cookie sheets.

Bake at 375F until they just start to brown. Let cool.

FROSTING:
1/4 cup milk
1 to 2 tbsp butter, melted
almost 1 (1 lb.) box of confectioner's sugar

Mix together and dip the top part of cookie or you can brush on.

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TARRALI - GRANDMA MESSINA STYLE

2 sticks (1 cup) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
5 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 pint sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together; blend in eggs.

Stir in dry ingredients then sour cream and vanilla. Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheets.

Bake 12-15 at 375F. Just until they start to brown.

Frosting: see Grandma 'Grinos-Style above, do same way.