- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup corn oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Stir oil into beaten eggs. Add lemon rind and vanilla. Blend in sugar until mixture thickens.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt; stir into wet mixture.
- Drop by teaspoons about 2 inches apart on UNGREASED cookie sheet.
- Dip the bottom of a glass in oil then in sugar. Flatten each cookie by gently pressing with bottom of glass. Dip in sugar before stamping each cookie.
- Bake in preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove immediately from cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.