Pepper Nut Cookies (Pfeffernusse)

RECIPE:
Pepper Nut Cookies (Pfeffernüsse)
 
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 1/3 scant cup sugar
½ cup molasses
½ tsp. anise extract
½ tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
1 tsp ginger
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. soda
½ tsp. salt
 
Cream together the butter, sugar, and molasses.  Add eggs and mix.  Add all dry ingredients and mix together well.  Roll dough into tiny balls (about the size of a medium marble).  Bake 300 degrees for 9-11 minutes.  When cool dust with powdered sugar.   Makes approximately 300 cookies.