Amish Sugar Cookies Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on October 14, 2008

1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon or almond flavoring
2 tablespoons water
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Place sugars, butter, and oil in a mixer bowl and mix at medium speed until creamy.

Add egg, vanilla, flavoring, and water, and mix at medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping down the bowl before and after adding these ingredients.

Stir remaining ingredients together to blend well; add to creamy mixture and mix at medium speed to blend.

Form dough into 24 balls using 1 tablespoon dough per ball.

Place balls on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with pan spray or lined with aluminum foil.

Press balls down evenly to 1/2″ with the back of a tablespoon dipped in water.

Bake at 375 for 12 to 14 minutes or until cookies are browned on the bottom and lightly browned around the edges.

Remove cookies to a wire rack and cool to room temperature.

Amish Peach Cobbler Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on September 22, 2006

1 cup flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
6 to 8 peaches, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
1 cup boiling water
Grated nutmeg

Oil a 9 inch square metal baking pan.

In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixer bowl, cream the butter, add 1/2 cup of the sugar, and blend well. Beat in the flour mixture.

Place half the peaches in the bottom of the prepared pan. Sprinkle half the flour mixture over the fruit. Add remaining peaches and then the rest of the flour mixture.

In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with brown sugar. Sprinkle over all.

Put almond extract in a 1 cup measure and top off with boiling water. Pour this over the top of the cobbler but do not mix.

Sprinkle with additional nutmeg.

Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Serve warm.

Serves 6.