Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 48 slices 
  
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine 
      3 oz Cream cheese 
  1 1/2 c  C and H Powdered Sugar 
      4    Eggs 
  3 1/4 c  All-purpose flour 
      3 ts Baking powder 
    1/2 ts Salt 
      2 ts Anise seeds 
  
  Cream together butter and cream cheese.  Add sugar and beat until well 
  blended.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. 
  (Mixture might look curdled.)  Add remaining ingredients; mix well.  Chill 
  dough 3 hours.  Divide soft dough in half.  On a 17 by 14 inch cookie 
  sheet, form each half of dough into a roll 1-1/2 inches wide and the length 
  of the cookie sheet.  Bake in 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from 
  oven and cut rolls into 3/4 inch slices.  Place on cookie sheets, cut side 
  down, return to oven and bake 10 minutes or until toasted and crisp. Makes 
  about 48 slices. 
   
  Reprinted with permission from _From our Private Collection_ From the C and 
  H Sugar Kitchen Electronic format by Karen Mintzias