Drop Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar, plus additional sugar for topping
• 2/3 canola oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 stir flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.
• 2 whisk eggs in a large bowl until blended.
• 3 add sugar, oil, vanilla extract and lemon zest and mix well.
• 4 stir the dry ingredients into egg mixture until blended.
• 5 chill, covered, for 30 minutes or longer.
• 6 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 7 drop the cookie dough by a rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• 8 mist the bottom of a 3 inch flat bottom glass with water and dip in the additional sugar.
• 9 press the top pf each cookie lightly with the glass to flatten, misting glass with water and dipping in sugar before pressing each cookie.
• 10 bake cookies until lightly browned, about 8 minutes.
• 11 cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes.
• 12 store in airtight containers or freeze for future use.