Amish Sugar Cookies

4.78 from 22 votes

Amish Sugar Cookies are soft, fluffy, and melt in your mouth. This recipe is a great twist on sugar cookies but without chilling the dough and rolling it out.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword amish sugar cookies

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Total Time 18 minutes

Servings cookies

Calories 82kcal

Author Melissa Williams | Persnickety Plates

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter room temperature
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup powdered icing sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F. Line two baking sheets with silicone mats or parchment paper and set aside.
To a large mixing bowl (or bowl of your stand mixer), add the butter, oil, and sugars and beat together until smooth.
Add the egg and vanilla paste; beat until combined.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined.
Use a cookie scoop to portion the cookie dough in 1-tablespoon sized scoops onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2" apart.
Bake for 8 minutes, until golden.
Remove from oven and leave the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Enjoy!

Notes

Traditional amish cookies call for vanilla extract and while cheaper and more accessible, I found vanilla paste to have a richer taste profile.

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