Amish Cut Out Cookies Recipes

AMISH CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease cookie sheets.
• Cream butter and sugar. Blend in molasses and eggs.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• and stir into molasses-egg mixture. Roll out dough on lightly floured board and cut.
• into shapes with cookie cutters.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

AMISH BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• In a separate bowl combine eggs, Amish Starter and oil.
• Mix well.
• Add starter to dry ingredients and mix until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface and roll until 1/2 inch thick.
• Using a 3 inch circle cutter or floured glass cut out biscuits and place on a lightly grease cookie sheet. Brush top of biscuits with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise 30 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 - 20 minutes.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES

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.

GRANDMA AMICO'S BUTTERMILK SUGAR COOKIE CUTOUTS

Steps:

• Mix sugar, shortening, buttermilk, and egg together in the bowl of an electric stand mixer (such as KitchenAid®) until creamy.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Beat into sugar mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Leave dough to set in a refrigerator for at least 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured work surface using a lightly floured rolling pin to desired thickness. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms begin to lightly brown, 8 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool completely on wax paper or a wire rack, 15 to 30 minutes.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and milk in a bowl. Mix into a paste, adding more sugar or milk as needed. Spread frosting thinly onto cooled cookies and cover with sprinkles.

TRADITIONAL AMISH SUGAR COOKIES

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.