Amish Sugar Cookies

Skip the rolling with this classic recipe for fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth Amish Sugar Cookies. All you do is scoop and bake!ย 

bowl of fluffy Amish sugar cookies.

What are Amish Sugar Cookies?

Nothing beats the classics! These Amish Sugar Cookies are so simple, yet so delicious! Beautifully golden brown and impossibly fluffy โ€” it’s obvious why this recipe has been a favorite for generations!

Amish sugar cookies are a vintage sugar cookie recipe that is known for making beautifully fluffy golden cookies. The texture is uniquely thick and cake-like, a bit different than other types of sugar cookies which are often dense and flat.

Amish sugar cookies are also fabulously easy to make! There’s no rolling or cutting required โ€” simply mix, scoop, and bake!

According to legend, sugar cookies are said to have originated in the 1700s in Pennsylvania, which is also home to a large Amish population.

The basic recipe has remained much unchanged over the centuries, except the addition of a little modern technology to make the process even easier.

A super quick classic sugar cookie recipe, these Amish Sugar Cookies can be made start to finish in under a half hour! Sugar cookies are perfect for any time of year too, so get ready to pull out this recipe any time you need delicious cookies fast!

Related: Try our Christmas Sugar Cookie Dip for another easy holiday treat!

plate of fluffy round sugar cookies.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla paste or vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

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Amish sugar cookie ingredients, with text labels.

Instructions

To Prep: Preheat oven to 375ยฐF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  1. Beat together the butter, oil, sugar and icing sugar.ย Add an egg and the vanilla paste and mix until just combined.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.ย Combine dry ingredients with your bowl of wet ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms.
  3. Form the cookie dough into balls, using about one Tablespoon of dough for each.ย Place the dough balls onto prepared pan, with about 2 inches of spacing between each cookie.
  4. Bake for 8 minutes, until the edges just start to turn golden brown. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes before moving to a wire rack to finish cooling.

You’ll see that the cookies puff up nicely!

4 step photo collage showing how to make Amish sugar cookies.

 

Prep Tips

  • Mixing the Dough – We used a stand mixer because we have one and love it, so why not? If you’d like to get the full experience of making the classic recipe as the early settlers would have, you can of course mix by hand. It just takes a little more muscle, that’s all!
  • Decorating – While this isn’t quite the same as the sugar cookies that you roll out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters, you can still add frosting or sprinkles for festive fun. Since they’re round, they are perfect to decorate to look like Christmas ornaments!
  • Storage – Keep in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days. These cookies also freeze well. Whether storing on the counter or in the freezer, use an airtight container. I also recommend placing a sheet of parchment paper between layers so they don’t stick together.

bowl of Amish sugar cookies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do You Need To Chill The Dough Before Baking?

With traditional sugar cookies that you roll out into a sheet, you usually chill the dough so the cookies will hold their shape during baking. However, this step is not necessary with Amish sugar cookies. They puff up quite nicely on their own. If you want to make the dough ahead of time and chill before baking, that is perfectly ok too.

Can You Freeze The Dough?

Absolutely! After you’ve mixed the cookie dough and formed the balls of dough, you can place in a freezer container.

When you’re ready to bake, place the balls of dough on a cookie sheet as you normally would. Simply add 2-3 minutes to your baking time to accommodate starting with frozen dough.

stack of Amish sugar cookies

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Amish Sugar Cookies

Skip the rolling with this classic recipe for fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth Amish Sugar Cookies. All you do is scoop and bake!ย 
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Cooling Time2 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Kids
Keyword: Amish Sugar Cookies, baking, cookies, easy recipes, sugar cookies
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 99kcal
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Cost: $5

Equipment

  • Electric mixer
  • Mixing bowls
  • Baking sheet

Ingredients

Instructions

  • To Prep: Preheat oven to 375ยฐF and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • With stand mixer or electric hand mixer, beat together butter, oil, sugar and powderd sugar.
  • Add the egg and vanilla paste and mix until just incorporated.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
  • Add the bowl of dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients and mix until combined.
  • Scoop out balls of cookie dough about 1 Tablespoon in size and place onto prepared pan, about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for 8 minutes, until the edges start to turn golden brown.
  • Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

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Notes

Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

Nutrition

Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg

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