Grammy's Kitchen · Sugar Cookies · Amish Sugar Cookies
One of 28 sugar cookies recipes we measured
from amish-heritage.org
It ranks #3 of 28 for browning depth among the sugar cookies recipes we compared. 13 cooks on amish-heritage.org rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 28.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 82% | 73% |
| total sugar | 74% | 83% |
| egg | 19% | 19% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 1% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 c. softened butter |
| 250 g | 1 1/4 c. powdered sugar (confectioners) |
| 150 g | 3/4 c. white sugar |
| 218 g | 1 c. canola or vegetable oil |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 9 g | 2 tsp. vanilla |
| 540 g | 4 1/2 c. all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 tsp. baking soda |
| 5 g | 1 tsp. cream of tartar |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp. salt |
Method: 10 steps, published by amish-heritage.org — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Yum! Just yum! I have a childhood memory of domed, puffy, soft sugar cookies and so went in search of a recipe. This is it. They are soft and rich. There are just two of us so I made half of a batch and froze each portion of cookie dough. When we want a co” — a cook, 5.0★
“I've been making these cookies to take to church Sunday mornings for the coffee bar, and they are the absolute best! Sometimes I make cream cheese frosting for them, but this time I'm using Pumpkin Spice sprinkles. Do have any suggestions for helping the spr” — a cook, 5.0★