Sunshine Lemon Cookies

• FOR THE TINTED SUGAR:
• 1/2 cups Sugar
• 1 drop Or 2 Drops Yellow Food Coloring
• FOR THE COOKIES:
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 3/4 cups Olive Oil
• 4 teaspoons Lemon Zest
• 1 whole Lemon, Juiced
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1. For the tinted sugar:
2. In a small bowl, add white sugar and yellow food coloring. Mix well with a fork until sugar has turned yellow.
3. For the cookies:
4. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, salt and baking soda together.
5. In another small bowl, stir together the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, then mix lightly until it resembles wet sand.
6. Using your hands, roll cookie dough into 1-inch balls. Roll cookie balls in a little tinted sugar and roll in your hands to distribute the sugar.
7. Put the cookies about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets and bake for about 12-15 minutes.
8. Makes about 36 to 40 cookies.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/sunshine-lemon-cookies/ (may not work)