• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Amish 365
  • About
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • Amish Marketplace
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Amish Recipes
    • Amish Culture
    • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Amish Brown Sugar Chewies

    Published: Mar 18, 2016 · Updated: Mar 18, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

    Amish Brown Sugar Chewies

    Amish Brown Sugar Chewies

    By Kevin Williams

    For newcomers here, we have a 2 ½ year-old daughter named Aster.  I strive to give her a lot of well-rounded fun:  reading books, trips to the playground, library, house projects, playtime...she does watch TV  (Daniel the Tiger is a favorite...whatever happened to Barney...is he even still on?) and has some electronic gadgets, but we truly do limit Aster's use of things like that.  I'm not saying there's anything wrong with electronics, they are part of today's world, but too much of any one thing, in my opinion, isn't good. So balance is the watchword.  One of the things I do like to with Aster is cook and bake. We have fun together doing it, she can participate.  She just pulls up a chair to the counter and gets to work with me.  I measure out the ingredients, she dumps them in and we take turns stirring.

    Aster, my kitchen helper

    Aster, my kitchen helper

    This is a classic Amish baking recipe, a blend of very basic already on-hand ingredients, namely brown sugar, butter, baking powder, eggs and flour.  A little vanilla and salt for good measure and you've basically got it.   This makes a nice, chewy, not overpoweringly sweet bar.  I'm trying to watch my caloric intake, so I very quickly carved up half the bars and sent them on their way to my parents house and to my wife's family business.   The rest I've been slowly nibbling on.   The bars were a hit with the others who tried them so if you are looking for a quick, easy crowd-pleaser, these are a good bet!

    The slashes through the middle of the bars that you see are Aster's attempts to cut them with a spatula.

    Amish Brown Sugar Chewies
     
    Print
    Prep time
    10 mins
    Cook time
    30 mins
    Total time
    40 mins
     
    Serves: makes 36 bars
    Ingredients
    • 1 cup butter
    • 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla, good quality
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 large eggs
    Instructions
    1. Melt butter and mix well with sugar.
    2. Add baking powder, salt and vanilla.
    3. Mix well. Add flour.
    4. Mixture will be thick.
    5. Beat eggs separately and add, mixing well.
    6. Pat into 9x13 greased baking dish.
    7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
    Wordpress Recipe Plugin by EasyRecipe
    3.2.2807

     

     

    « Random Recipe: Mrs. Byler's Easy Hamburger Dinner
    5 Rosanna Favorite Recipes »

    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Dianne

      March 10, 2019 at 5:04 pm

      I made these (immediately after reading the recipe!) the last time it was posted, and they are amazing! I added some chopped pecans and it gave them a wonderful edge. This recipe is quick, easy, and comes out perfectly. Thanks for such a great recipe! You family will gobble them up in no time flat!! try them....today!!

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 10, 2019 at 5:36 pm

        Thanks for telling me, Dianne, I agree, these are great! And the additional of pecans is genius, I am sure they are great like that!

        Reply
    2. Irish

      August 07, 2021 at 5:27 am

      Thank you for the recipe. My family liked it very much. I added some chocolate.

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        August 07, 2021 at 7:53 am

        Glad you liked these, they are one of my favorite desserts! (I'll have to try adding choc chips!)

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Rate this recipe:  

    Primary Sidebar

    Kevin Williams - The Amish Editor Amish Cook Column

    Hi There, I'm Kevin!

    Welcome to Amish365, where I share my knowledge of Amish cooking and culture! I’ve spent almost three decades exploring Amish settlements and kitchens from Maine to Montana and almost everywhere in between. I’ll occasionally throw in stories of my travels, journalism adventures (I’m a Pulitzer prize-nominated journalist), fascination with grocery stores and Kmarts, and much more!

    More about me →

    Latest Amish Recipes

    • What is Shunning? And Do the Amish Still Shun?
    • Amish Ham & Potato Skillet Supper
    • What Language Do The Amish Speak? (German or English?)
    • Amish Honey-Molasses Cake (Easy Sweet Treat!)
    dutchcrafters

    Download The "Almost Amish" Ebook

    Footer

    Footer

    About

    • About The Amish Editor
    • Download "Almost Amish" Ebook
    • Amish Communities
    • Amish Marketplace

    Contact

    • Work With Us
    • Contact

    *As a member of various affiliate programs I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Amish 365 | Powered by Touch The Road