oil cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 eggs
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 6 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 3 hrs


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• in a large bowl, beat the eggs, evaporated milk, oil and vanilla until well blended. mix in the sugar and baking powder. stir in the flour 1 cup at a time until the dough becomes too stiff to stir. turn out a clean surface and knead in as much of the remaining flour as possible. dough should be smooth and not sticky. keep the dough covered with a towel while pinching off tablespoon sized pieces of dough and rolling them into small ropes 6 inches long and 1/4 inch in diameter. tie ropes into loose knots and place them 2 inches apart the prepared cookie sheets. the cookies will almost triple in size while baking.
• bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown on the bottom. remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. when cool, glaze with a mixture of confectioners' sugar and water, if desired.