1 cup cooking oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
½ of a 12 oz jar of maraschino cherries, drained and cut into small pieces
2 cups coarsely broken walnuts or 2 cups sliced almonds
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Mix oil and sugar until light and color. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Add nuts and cherries – mixing well with a wooden spoon. Add sifted dry ingredients in 3 parts. Mix well. This dough will be soft. Use floured hands to form into loaves about 2 inches wide and about ¾ inch high. Roll in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Place on greased cookie sheets – 3 rolls to each sheet. Recipe should make 6 rolls. Bake in a 350 degree oven about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cut into ½ inch slices. Return to oven to toast until brown about 20 minutes. Cool on cooling rack.
Makes about 6 dozen cookies 1x
Cookie Category: Molded or shaped
Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ☆
Find it online: https://www.cookiesbybess.com/mandelbrodt/