Total time: 40 minutes
Serves: 8 people
Craving a melt-in-your-mouth vanilla cookie, but don’t feel like all the effort? Or maybe you had unexpected guests and need some cookies quickly! Well, with this recipe you can have delicious vanilla cookies in no time. Because they’re made with vegetable oil instead of butter, there’s no need to wait for the butter to come to room temperature and it also makes them a little cheaper to make than your typical vanilla shortbread cookie. With a handful of pantry ingredients, you can have vanilla-flavored shortbread cookies that taste delicious and look pretty, too! It’s also easy to customize the recipe to your tastes, so be sure to check out our tips below.
Vanilla cookie ingredients
Sugar: Use granulated or powdered sugar for the cookie dough.
Vegetable oil: Oil acts as a substitute for butter in cookies, making them soft.
Eggs – eggs hold the dough together.
Flour: regular all-purpose flour will work
Vanilla Sugar – Vanilla sugar adds a delicious vanilla flavor.
Baking Powder – Baking powder acts as a leavening agent (NOT baking soda!)
Powdered sugar – use the powdered sugar to sprinkle over the cookies
How to make vanilla cookies
Beat sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla sugar. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
Use a sieve to sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture.
Knead the dough until smooth and then divide it into four pieces.
Roll each piece into a log, then cut into 1-inch pieces.
Bake the cookies for about 15 minutes and then sprinkle them with powdered sugar.
Tips for vanilla cookies
Because these cookies have a basic vanilla flavor, it’s easy to customize them with other flavors.
Make vanilla orange cookies by adding 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest.
Make lemon cookies by replacing the vanilla essence with 1 teaspoon lemon zest. You can also use lime!
Cinnamon Sugar: Sprinkle cookies with cinnamon sugar before baking.
Replace the vanilla sugar with other flavorings: maple extract, rum extract, or caramel essence.
Mixed spices: Add ½ teaspoon of mixed spices to the dough before adding the flour.
If you prefer a chewier cookie, use light brown sugar.
How to store vanilla cookies
Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 1 month. If the cookies become soft, you can make them crisp again by baking them in the oven at 280°F for 10 minutes.
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Ingredients
Sugar
1/2 cup
Any vegetable oil
1/2 cup
Eggs
2
flour for cake
2 cups
baking powder
10g
vanilla sugar
Powdered sugar
Place the sugar in a large bowl and add the eggs.
Step 1
Whisk to combine.
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