Traditional Amish Sugar Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, beat the butter, oil and sugars. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture., Drop by small teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a very large mixing bowl, cream together; eggs, sugar, and oil.
• Add buttermilk, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract.
• Gradually beat in flour, and beat until mixture is smooth.
• Allow batter sit for about 5 minutes after beating in all the flour.
• Pour by 1/4 cupfulls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle tops of cookies with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 400° for 7-8 minutes. Watch carefully and do not overbake.
• If the cookie springs back when touched, it's done.

Steps:

• Mix granulated sugar, powdered sugar, butter, and cooking oil together.
• Add eggs, mix again.
• Add flour, cream of tartar, vanilla, and baking soda mix together.
• Drop small balls of dough on cookie sheet.
• Pour a small amount of granulated sugar in a bowl.
• Dip bottom of a cup in the small bowl of sugar.
• Then slightly flatten dough with the bottom of cup.
• Bake in oven at 375 degrees.
• Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and spray cookie sheets with a non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix shortening, sugar, and egg in a large bowl until well blended; add the flour and mix well.
• Then add the baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla, and almond flavoring; mix well.
• Roll cookie dough in colored sugar and than form into a ball.
• Put the balls on a cookie sheet and flatten out just a little bit.
• Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
• Let them sit for a minute on the cookie sheet once done and then transfer them to a cookie rack.

Steps:

• Mix oil& sugar.
• Add beaten eggs& mix well.
• Mix together dry ingredients, then add to above mixture alternately with evaporated milk.
• Add vanilla.
• Drop onto cookie sheets, and sprinkle w/ crumb mixture.
• Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.
• THESE SEEM TO HAVE THE BEST TEXTURE WHEN STIRRED (MIXED) BY HAND (WHISK), VERSUS AN ELECTRIC MIXER.