Buttery Amish Sugar Cookie Recipe Melts in Your Mouth (20 Minutes) by 30Seconds Food


Buttery Amish Sugar Cookie Recipe Melts in Your Mouth (20 Minutes)

Although cookies are great year-round treats, this time of year is officially cookie season! During the holidays, a chocolate chip cookie, snickerdoodle or thumbprint cookie is always nice, but sometimes you crave the simple things. This buttery vanilla Amish sugar cookie recipe just melts in your mouth. 

With nine simple ingredients, this tender low-sodium cookie begs to be dipped into coffee or milk. Here's your shopping list: butter, sugar, powdered sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda and cream of tartar. 

With just 10 minutes of prep and 10 minutes of baking, you've got an easy, delicious Amish cookie recipe that makes a wonderful snack or dessert that's ready in only about 20 minutes!

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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 to 10 minutes
Total Time: 18 to 20 minutes

Servings: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

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Recipe Notes

  • If you want these cookies to be gluten-free, use gluten-free flour.
  • This recipe can easily be doubled.
  • This recipe makes 20 to 24 cookies, depending on the size.
  • Dust the cookies with additional powdered sugar, if desired.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container.

Here's how to make them: 

  1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, oil, granulated sugar and powdered sugar together. Add the eggs. Mix well. Stir in the vanilla.
  2. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Add to the wet ingredients.
  3. Using your spoon of choice, drop the dough onto baking sheets. Bake in a preheated 375-degree F oven for about 8 to 10 minutes. 
  4. After cooling, dust with additional powdered sugar, if desired. 

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Calories: 290

Total Fat: 17.4g

Saturated Fat: 6.8g

Cholesterol: 34mg

Sodium: 112mg

Total Carbohydrate: 31.4g

Dietary Fiber: 0.6g

Total Sugars: 13.4g

Protein: 3g

Vitamin D: 7mcg

Calcium: 8mg

Iron: 1mg

Potassium: 54mg

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Elisa Schmitz
Such simple melt-in-your-mouth goodness. Yum!
bepositive
Amish baking is so perfect. 🍪
Tribe
Easy and throwback to homemade cookie days, why not...
Karen Scott
These cookies are delicious. Only change I made was to substitute 2 tsps. lemon juice for cream of tartar.
Elisa Schmitz
So glad you enjoyed this delicious cookie recipe, Karen Scott ! It is amazing. Thank you for your feedback, and for the clever substitution suggestion. So glad to know this! #yum Donna John
Donna John
Great idea! So glad you enjoyed them! Karen Scott

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