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Amish Style Sugar Cookies

List of Ingredients

Another great recipe from the pages of MWL!

Amish-Style Sugar Cookies

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/4 cups shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vnilla
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract (optional)
3/4 cup buttermilk
Sugar




Recipe

1.In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg.

2.In a large mixing bowl, beat the shortening with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Beat in the 2 cups sugar till combined. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon extract, if you like; beat well.

3. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to the shortening mixture, beating till well mixed. Divide in half. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours or till the dough is easy to handle.


4. For large cookies, roll out dough, half at a time, to 3/8-inch thickness. Cut into rounds with 3-inch cookie cutter. For small cookies, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness and cut with a 2-inch cutter. Place 2 1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with more sugar.


5. Bake in a 375 oven for 9 to 11 minutes or till bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. Makes 24 large or 48 small cooklies.




Nutrition facts per large cookie:248 cal., 11 g. fat, 34 g. carbo., 18 mg. chol. and 141 mg. sodium