Spanish Butter Wafers

Name: Spanish Butter Wafers
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Yield: 4-5 dozen
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup vegetable shortening; 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 teaspoons anise seeds

Submitted by Maryland Jim

"From the "1001 Cookie Recipes" Cookbook. For ZWT5"

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Ready In:: 4hrs 45mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 4-5 dozen

ingredients

1 ³⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable shortening
¹⁄₂ cup butter, at room temperature
1 ¹⁄₄ cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons anise seeds

directions

Combine the flour and salt.
In a large bowl, cream the vegetable shortening, butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the vanilla extract. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Stir in the anise seeds. Cover and chill for 4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Pinch off walut-sized pieces of dough and form into balls. Place 1 inch aparat on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten the balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
bake for 15 to 18 minutes until lightly colored. Transfer to wire racks to cool.