Bake

Gayl’s Oil Cookies (Sugar Cookies)

Preheat oven to 177 degrees celsius

In a large mixing bowl, blend all ingredients together:

⅔ cup Canola Oil

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon salt

2 eggs, beaten

In a large mixing bowl, blend all dry ingredients together; now mix them into the Oil/Sugar mixture.

2 ½ cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon ground Nutmeg

½ teaspoon ground Cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground Allspice

If dough is too sticky to gather into a ball, add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until you can gather the dough into a ball. If dough is too dry, add 1 tablespoon of milk until you can gather all of the dough into a ball.

Divide the cookie dough ball in half. Use a rolling pin to roll out ½ of the cookie dough on a very well floured surface. Sprinkle flour on top of the dough so the dough doesn’t stick to the rolling pin. Gently roll out the dough until it is about ¼ inch thick.

Use Cookie cutters of your choice to cut out cookies. Transfer cut out cookies to a parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat the process and gather up scraps of cookie dough and mold into a ball, roll out and use cookie cutter to cut out more cookies.

Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until just lightly browned.

Cool on a wire rack. Frost cookies with icing sugar frosting and decorate with sprinkles, etc. if desired. ENJOY!

For cookie icing, blend together with hand mixer or heavy whisk:

⅓ cup butter

4 ½ cups powdered sugar (icing sugar)

3 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon almond extract (if desired)