Sour Milk Cookies and 4 other Amish Recipes Using Sour Milk

Sour milk is a secret ingredient in many Amish recipes.   The Amish version of sour milk is a little different than what most of us having access to.  In the case of the Amish, they often have pure,  unpasteurized sour milk at their disposal.  In fact, years ago, I knew an Amish family that didn't have a cellar so the father cut a huge barrel in half, fashioned a lid, and buried the half barrel in the ground and stored fresh milk in bottles in that barrel.  It was just cool enough in there to keep the morning milk fresh til sunset and then it'd begin to sour.  You get an acidic curdling, lumpy mess with soured milk but it infuses  baked goods with a moist flavor.  For most practical purposes,  you can come up with your own sour milk by taking a cup of milk and adding a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to it. Let it stand for 5 minutes and then it is ready to use.

My friend Jay made these amazing looking sour milk cookies that reminds me a lot of Amish recipes that use sour milk.

Check out the recipe below!

???? Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour milk

???? Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Mix well.
2. Then add flour and soda mixed with sour milk.
3. Mix well and then chill.
4. Roll very thin onto flour board and cut into desired shapes and sprinkle with sugar. Or, alternatively, drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes.

???? Other Sour Milk Recipes

And here are four more awesome Amish recipes that use that gloppy amazingness called sour milk!

> Old-Fashioned Sour Milk Pie

Milk pie is a classic confection among the Amish, a scratch-made sweet that utilizes the basics of baking: sugar, eggs, molasses, and, of course, milk. 

> Amish Apple Grunt Cake Recipe

It is not uncommon for Amish homesteads to have a few apple trees, just enough to provide enough fruit for homemade applesauces, canned pie filling, and some Apple Grunt!

> Never Fail Sour Milk Cupcakes Recipe

The name says it all, this wonderful sour milk cupcake recipe will not fail you! 

???? Full Recipe

Sour Milk Cookies

Another classic using traditional Amish Sour Milk!

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Course Dessert

Cuisine Amish

Ingredients

  

• ¼ cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup sour milk

Instructions

 

• Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Mix well.
• Then add flour and soda mixed with sour milk. Mix well and then chill.
• Roll very thin onto flour board and cut into desired shapes and sprinkle with sugar. Or, alternatively, drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 for 8 minutes.

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