Amish Sugar Cakes Recipes

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add the buttermilk and baking soda. Mix well.
• Add in the flour and vanilla. Mix until combined.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until the center bounces back when you touch it.
• While the cake is baking, make the topping. In a bowl, combine the butter, milk, brown sugar and nuts. Mix well.
• Spread this mixture all over the top of the warm cake.
• Place under the broiler (turned to low) and bake for 1-3 minutes or until the nut topping is bubbling.
• Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool.
• Serve warm alone, with whipped cream or with ice cream.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a very large mixing bowl, cream together; eggs, sugar, and oil.
• Add buttermilk, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract.
• Gradually beat in flour, and beat until mixture is smooth.
• Allow batter sit for about 5 minutes after beating in all the flour.
• Pour by 1/4 cupfulls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle tops of cookies with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 400° for 7-8 minutes. Watch carefully and do not overbake.
• If the cookie springs back when touched, it's done.

AMISH BROWN SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 7- or 8-inch pie pans. 1
• Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Mix in oil, followed by milk. Spread evenly into the prepared pans. Sprinkle white sugar and cinnamon over each.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

AMISH SUGAR CAKES RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and 2 cups sugar until smooth. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk until well blended. Place big heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets about 3 inches apart. Sprinkle each cookie with some of the remaining sugar. 3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges begin to turn golden. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. When cool, store in an airtight container.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, beat the butter, oil and sugars. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture., Drop by small teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.