Foodie Friday: Amish Sugar Cookies

 

Remember when I told you about our trip to our friends’ lake cottage? They made lunch for us, and I asked if I could bring dessert. I wanted to take cookies, and I wanted to put an Olympic spin on them, since the day of our visit was the same day as the opening ceremonies.

            I didn’t think I had the time or patience for cut-out cookies, so I decided to make Amish sugar cookies. I knew I would achieve the soft, round cookie look and taste I wanted without the work of rolling out and cutting out cookies!

            I found this recipe on Pinterest and made it coupled with this frosting. SO GOOD. Please note that these are not healthy. But they are delicious. And I do believe that in moderation, delicious can trump healthy.

Amish Sugar Cookies:

2 Sticks (1 Cup) Butter
1 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
4 ½ Cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Beat together the butter, oil, and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla and combine. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheets. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Cool.

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 ounces Neufchatel Cream Cheese
1 Stick Butter
4 Cups (or more) Powdered Sugar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla

Mix together cream cheese and butter. Slowly add in powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. Add vanilla and mix.

The cookies were so soft and so good. I decorated mine with M&Ms to make the Olympic rings, but you could use sprinkles – or nothing at all! And while my personal preference is to NOT eat a plain cookie that doesn’t have frosting, these are also good plain. That is true!

(One of the kiddos at the lake said they were the best cookies he’d ever eaten, so I’m taking that as a glowing endorsement to keep this one!)