Sprinkle Cookies

Directions

Cookies:

1. Beat brown sugar and egg in medium bowl until thick and pale. Add cooking oil and vanilla. Beat well.

2. Combine next 4 ingredients in small bowl. Add to brown sugar mixture. Mix well. Cover. Chill for 1 to 2 hours until just firm. Roll dough into balls, using 1 tbsp. (15 mL) for each. Arrange balls about 2 inches (5 cm) apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake in 375ºF (190ºC) oven for 8 to 10 minutes until golden. Let stand on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

Lemon Glaze:

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in small saucepan. Heat and stir on medium for about 3 minutes until smooth. Remove from heat. Let stand for about 5 minutes until slightly thickened.

2. Add food colouring. Stir well. Spread 1 tsp. (5 mL) glaze on each cookie.

3. Measure candy sprinkles into shallow dish. Dip cookies, glaze-side down, into sprinkles. Let stand, glaze-side up, on wire rack for about 30 minutes until glaze is set. Store in airtight container.

1 cookie: 161 Calories; 4.1 g Total Fat (2.3 g Mono, 1.1 g Poly, 0.4 g Sat); 12 mg Cholesterol; 31 g Carbohydrate; trace Fibre; 1 g Protein; 55 mg Sodium

Kids Can Help: Measuring dry ingredients. Rolling dough into balls. Dipping glazed cookies in sprinkles.


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