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Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Amish Sugar Cookies yields a ton of cookies in less than 30 minutes. If you love the pillowy soft sugar cookies you get from the farmer’s market, you’ll love this easy sugar cookie recipe.

Amish Sugar Cookies Recipe

Back in 2021 I first shared our recipe for Amish Chocolate Chip Cookies, and then in 2023 I shared our recipe for Amish Snickerdoodles – but can we talk about putting the cart before the horse?!

These Amish Sugar Cookies are where it all began – it’s the base recipe to make a variety of melt-in-your-mouth Amish cookies, yet, I’m only getting around to posting this recipe – 3 years later!

I’ve been making this farmer’s market classic for years. While it’s not my favorite sugar cookie recipe, one batch yields a ton of cookies (40 as written, or 60 if you make them into 2-bite cookies), it uses everyday ingredients you probably already have on hand and you don’t need to refrigerate the dough before baking – so it’s become a go-to for me when I need to whip up a LOT of cookies on short notice.

Amish Sugar Cookies are a rich, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookie with a pillowy soft and buttery texture and comforting vanilla flavor.

Since the recipe yields so much, I tend to make all three versions (Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Chip cookies and plain sugar cookies) from the same batch. I just divide the dough in three and mix chocolate chips into one third and roll one third of the cookies in cinnamon-sugar.

Three cookies. One dough. All ready in less than 30 minutes? Yup, that’s a winning combination for me!

Amish Sugar Cookie FAQs

Why are these called Amish sugar cookies? These sugar cookies are often sold by Mennonite or Amish vendors at farmer’s markets.

A unique aspect to these cookies (which I think makes sense when you think of the culture they originated from) is that not only are all of the ingredients common and shelf-stable pantry staples, but the recipe also yields a large amount of cookies despite being a very quick recipe. That makes sense when you think of large Amish families and how much there is to do around the farm in a day!

Can these cookies be frozen? Yes! That is one of the best things about these cookies is that they freeze beautifully. Just wrap the cookies and place in an airtight freezer container for up to 3 months. (This set of freezer containers is a crazy bargain.)

Ingredients for Amish Sugar Cookies

• Butter
• Vegetable Oil
• White Sugar
• Powdered Icing Sugar
• Egg, room temperature
• Vanilla Paste
• All-Purpose Flour
• Baking Soda
• Cream of Tartar <– this is a staple in our home for everything from snickerdoodle cookies to homemade play dough

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for full measurements.

Tip: check out our list of suggested variations to give these plain sugar cookies a unique twist.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Electric Mixer <– this is a great hand mixer if you don’t want to make the investment into a stand mixer
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Medium-sized mixing bowl
• Cookie Sheet <– you will want two so you can bake one tray while the other is cooling
• Parchment paper
• Cookie scoop

How to Make Amish Sugar Cookies

Preheat oven to 375F.

In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, oil, sugar and icing sugar.

Add in the egg and vanilla paste and beat until just combined.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar.

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined.

Use a cookie scoop to portion 1 Tablespoon-sized scoops of the cookie dough onto an uncreased cookie sheet, about 2” apart.

Bake for 8 minutes, until the edges are just slightly golden.

Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Makes approximately 36-40 cookies.

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Yield: 36-40 cookies

Amish Sugar Cookies

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Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Amish Sugar Cookies yields a ton of cookies in less than 30 minutes. If you love the pillowy soft sugar cookies you get from the farmer's market, you'll love this easy sugar cookie recipe.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup powdered icing sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla paste
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, oil, sugar and icing sugar.
3. Add in the egg and vanilla paste and beat until just combined.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar.
5. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined.
6. Use a cookie scoop to portion 1 Tablespoon-sized scoops of the cookie dough onto an uncreased cookie sheet, about 2” apart.
7. Bake for 8 minutes, until the edges are just slightly golden.
8. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

40

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 88Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 36mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 1g

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I hope your family loves these Amish sugar cookies – they are my mom’s favorite sugar cookies and I love how versatile they are!

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