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.