Delicious Amish Sand Tart Cookies
Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch sand tarts are delicate, paper-thin butter cookies that have been a Christmas tradition in Amish and Mennonite families since the 1700s. These crispy, melt-in-your-mouth cookies are made with simple ingredients and chilled overnight for easy rolling. Decorated with cinnamon sugar and almonds, they're perfect for holiday gatherings and gift-giving.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ pound butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice (or lemon extract)1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In large bowl mix all of the ingredients, you can mix by hand or with an electric mixer.
- Chill dough overnight before rolling out.
- Roll as thin as you can.
- Cut out with 2 - 3 inch round cookie cutters and place rounds directly onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375 til edges start to brown. About 8 minutes. Use parchment paper on your cookie sheets for easy removal.