Yield: 60 cookies
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup margarine
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons Pesach vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1½ cups potato starch
- 1½ cups matzah cake meal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream together the sugars and margarine until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then add the vanilla and water. Combine.
- Add the potato starch, cake meal, salt and potato starch and mix until just combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and the walnuts (if desired).
- Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Or, better still, line the cookie sheet with baking parchment and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the cookie dough in teaspoon-sized balls on the prepared cookie sheet, at least 1″ apart.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until the cookies begin to brown around the edges.
- Cool on a rack before storing in an airtight container.
May be frozen for up to 2 weeks, double wrapped in foil.