Ingredients
Savoiardi (makes about 32 cookies)
4 extra large eggs
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons anise extract
For topping
about 1/4 cup icing sugar
Directions
o Beat eggs and sugar until creamy (about 8 minutes).
o Mix flour with salt. Add baking powder and mix well.
o Slowly fold in the flour mixture to the creamed egg and sugar mixture.
o Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
o Pipe 3 inch long finger shapes, leaving ample space between the cookies as they will spread (Alternatively one can drop about a tablespoon of batter on the cookie sheet, shaping the batter into an oblong shape).
o Dust icing sugar on cookies.
o Bake until golden brown (about 12 minutes).
Notes
Photo: Mary Melfi. | 
