These are the simplest of cookies, easy to make and just right for a little bite, a nosh! They're similar to Italian wedding cookies but these are not as sweet, more like a shortbread. They do have those lovely sprinkles, and who doesn't love those? I fell in love with them as a little girl, and even when I went off to college, every now and then my grandmother would send me a shoe box full of these, wrapped carefully in layers of wax paper. How happy they made me ... and still do. (Warning: they seem small and harmless but they disappear quickly!)
Ingredients
2 large eggs (if you use extra-large the dough will be sticky)
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
[For the next three steps you can try using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, but when I did, the dough came out very gummy]
In a small bowl, mix eggs, sugar, vanilla, and oil until well-combined.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt.
Pour liquid in small bowl into flour mixture in large bowl and combine until a batter forms.
Put about ½ cup sprinkles into a small bowl or ramekin.
Using a small ice cream scoop (I use 1.75 inch), drop cookie batter onto your baking sheet.
One by one, dip each cookie into the sprinkles on one side.
Bake for 20-30 minutes -- don't let them get brown.
Cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes, then put onto wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe by Food and Friendship at https://www.foodandfriendshipsantabarbara.com/2019/02/11/jewish-grandmother-cookies/