Amish church services can be three hours long. Â This can make for some restless children (and adults) so at many Amish church services a plate of cookies are passed around to the children during the service. Nothing satisfies the soul more for a kid than a cookie. Of course once the sugar begins coursing through their bodies the cookies may have the opposite effect of what was intended! Â These cookies are light and airy and sugar and add a thin layer of frosting to them and they are doubly sweet. Yum! Â There are, by the way, different variations of "church cookies", so don't take this as gospel (pun sort of intended). Each church, each cook has their own favorite. Â Amish church services are held at home usually so the personality of the cook comes out in the cookie.
- Amish Church Cookies
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1½ cups shortening
- 4 eggs
- 1¼ cups cream or evaporated milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- Pinch salt
- Approx. 5 cups flour (don't make dough too stiff)
- Cream together sugars, shortening, and eggs; add vanilla.
- Add baking powder and salt to flour.
- Add cream or milk alternately with the flour to the butter mixture and blend for a soft dough.
- Chill the dough for a few hours.
- Roll out dough and sprinkle white sugar over the top and roll the sugar in very lightly.
- Bake about 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Add frosting or sprinkles when cool.
- This makes about 5½ dozen 4" cookies.
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