---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 
      Title: SELF-FROSTING ANISE DROPS
 Categories: Desserts, Cookies
      Yield: 90 drops
 
      3 ea Eggs (room temperature)
      1 c  Sugar
      2 tb Sugar
  1 3/4 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      3 ts Anise seed (or 1 t anise
           -extract or 1/4 t anise oil
 
     Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Grease and generously
  flour the cookie sheets.
     Beat eggs with electric mixer until fluffy.  Add
  sugar gradually, beating constantly; continue to beat
  for 20 minutes more.  Reduce speed of mixer and add
  flour that has been sifted with baking powder and
  salt; beat 3 minutes.  Add anise.
     Drop by teaspoonsful on prepared cookie sheets,
  swirling dough to form round cookies.  Let stand
  uncovered at room temperature for at least 8 hours.
     Bake 10 minutes or until cookies are a creamy
  golden color on the bottom (do not allow bottoms to
  brown). Cookies form a cake-like layer on the bottom
  with a crisp "frosting" on the top.
     Store in a tightly covered container.
 
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