The Best Amish Sugar Cookies
These soft and fluffy sugar cookies are similar to the popular cookies sold at an Amish bakery! Add your favorite sprinkles or brown sugar for fun and tasty toppings.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (Crisco)
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk *see note.
- 1 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 1/2 cups flour All Purpose
Optional Toppings:
- brown sugar and granulated sugar 1:1 ratio
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
- Cream butter, shortening and sugars together until smooth and well combined. Add room temperature eggs (see note below), buttermilk and extract. Whisk (or mix with a hand mixer) the wet ingredients until well combined.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and then stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until the flour is completely incorporated and no lumps remain.
- Drop the sugar cookies (with a spoon or ice cream scoop) onto parchment lined baking sheets. Sprinkle the tops of the cookie dough with a half and half mixture of brown sugar and granulated sugar, or press sprinkles onto the tops of the cookies. Bake the Amish sugar cookies in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, until the center of the cookie is set and the cookies have lightly browned on the edges.
- Sprinkle additional brown sugar onto the cookies (optional) and enjoy! See notes and photos below.
Notes
You can also make your own buttermilk substitute by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or distilled white vinegar to 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon of whole milk.
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