This is a recipe from an Amish cook in Highland County, Ohio. Holy cow, this recipe has 10 teaspoons of baking powder (that is not a typo) and 10 cups of flour.  I'd be tempted to halve it and then skip the cookies and just make them into bars:)  Put into a greased 9 X 13 pan.
Reader Barbara in Missouri tested this recipe for us, because I have always wanted to try them. I didn't get to try them but I get to live through her experience. Here is what Barbara had to say:
This recipe was simple to make. I baked for 16 to 18 minutes. Mr liked the taste of these, just a basic cookie recipe. I did make a Brown Sugar icing and frosted some cookies and added the chocolate chips, however it made the cookies overly sweet. We frankly think they are fine without the frosting and will gladly have with coffee.Â
Barbara then shared her Audrey's Brown Sugar Frosting recipe with us since the recipe calls for a brown sugar frosting. Barbara said the cookie can be enjoyed just as well without all the frosting. Those who know me know I would never do that, what is the point of a cookie without the frosting? But it just depends on what level of "sweet" you want, if you want a basic breakfast cookie that you can enjoy with coffee which isn't too sweet then leave the frosting off. If you want a dessert cookie, slather it on.
Sara Raber's Prize Winning Cookies, unfrosted
Here they are frosted...wow!
AUNT AUDREY'S BROWN SUGAR FROSTING
1 stick Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
¼ cup Milk
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Melt butter on medium heat. Add brown sugar and stir 1 minute. Take off heat, add rest of ingredients and stir until creamy. Will set up harder as it cools.
1 cup Brown Sugar
¼ cup Milk
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Melt butter on medium heat. Add brown sugar and stir 1 minute. Take off heat, add rest of ingredients and stir until creamy. Will set up harder as it cools.
Sara Raber's Prize-Winning Cookies
Prep time
Cook time
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Serves: 10 dozen
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups butter or lard
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups sweet milk
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 10 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 cups of flour
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars.
- Add eggs and beat well.
- Add remaining ingredients, adding flour last.
- Drop by tablespoon onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 until golden.
- Frost with brown sugar frosting and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
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Linda McGhee
Hi Kevin,
Just a question, what is sweet milk?
I live in South Florida and have never seen sweet milk called for in a recipe.
Thank you,
Linda McGhee
Kevin
I didn't ask Sara and can't reach her immediately, and when I go online to find an answer, I'm seeing some recipes that use the term simply as "whole milk", others use the term "sweet milk" to mean evaporated milk...so I'm a bit perplexed, anyone else have any ideas?
Carol Carman
Sweet milk is simply another term for whole milk, as opposed to 2%, 1% or buttermilk. At least that's what I've been raised to believe. (Texas)
Irene
Sweet milk is just regular milk....not buttermilk or sour milk.
Rita Nies
I would appreciate it if you could email me the recipe for strawberry bread. I baked it from the original recipe and even printed it. I don't know what I did with it, probably inadvertently threw it out.
Thanks
Rita
Barbarainnc
Sweet milk is just whole milk.
Renita
This might answer the sweet milk question http://www.tasteofhome.com/cooking-tips/ask-the-test-kitchen/-sweet--milk-and-cream
Kevin
Thank you, Renita, and others who chimed in...sweet milk=whole milk...I'll make a note of that next time I have an Amish recipe with sweet milk!
Irene
I don't know about the strawberry bread but for some reason the sour cream cookie recipe does not print out for me. I have tried different ways and the paper comes out blank except for writing at the top.
Ann Chitwood
Does Sara have a cookbook and a small store across the driveway from her house?
Kevin
It is possible, although Sara Raber is a pretty common name among the Amish. This recipe came from a Sara Raber in Highland County, but it came to me through a couple of other people, so I didnt meet Sara....wish I could be more help