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Wash your hands and put on an apron.
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Take the sifter, and put these ingredients into it: the flour, the sugar, the baking powder and the salt.
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Sift the ingredients into the mixing bowl.
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Break the 2 eggs into the small bowl, trying not to get any pieces of eggshell in the cup.
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Now, in the same bowl, add the vegetable oil and the vanilla extract.
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With a fork, mix everything in the bowl together.
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Pour this mixture over the ingredients in the mixing bowl.
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Use your hands to mush everything together and make a nice yellow ball of dough.
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Have an adult help you turn on the oven and set it to 350 degrees.
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Wrap the cookie sheet with aluminum foil, keeping it nice and smooth.
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Break off pieces of dough that are about the size of a cherry.
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Roll them into balls between the palms of your hands, and put them on the cookie sheet.
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Leave 2 inches of space between the dough balls.
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Don't worry if you don't use all the dough because you can make another batch.
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Use your fingers to press the cookies and make them flat.
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Try to make them all about the same size.
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With the teaspoon put some jam in the center of each one.
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Have an adult help you put the cookie sheet into the oven.
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Bake the cookies for 20 to 25 minutes - until they are golden brown.
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Have an adult help you take the cookies out of the oven; then let the hot cookies cool for a few minutes.
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Next, have an adult help you slide them off the cookie sheet with the spatula, and put them on a wire rack.
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Let them cool some more while you make another batch with the rest of the dough.
