Drop Sugar Cookies

 Drop sugar cookies

2 cups flour sifted

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

¾ cup sugar

2/3 cup oil

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lemon zest

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl and mix well.

Whisk eggs in a large bowl until blended. Add sugar, oil, vanilla extract and lemon zest and mix well and stir the dry ingredients into egg mixture until blended. Chill, covered for 30 minutes or longer. 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoonful 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Mist  the bottom of a 3 inch flat bottom glass with water and dip the glass in additional sugar presses in sugar before pressing each cookie. 

Bake cookies until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers or freeze for future use.