No-roll, no-cut, and no-chill Amish sugar cookies will become your go-to recipe for your next potluck or bake sale. This modern adaptation of Amish sugar cookies produces the softest, no-fuss sugar cookies that will ever come out of your oven, just like grandma used to make! Are you looking for a cutout sugar cookie recipe? Or a Snickerdoodle? These recipes are highly rated!

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Amish Sugar Cookies

I have gotten so many questions about this recipe I thought I would answer then straight-away!

The Amish don’t use electricity, why does this recipe have a stand mixer? Simply put, I love the consistency and ease of utilizing my stand mixer. You can absolutely make these sugar cookies by hand, it will just require a bit of elbow grease.

Why do you call these “Amish”? My family has been making them for years. This specific Amish sugar cookie recipe originally came from an Amish cookbook, so that is where it gets its name. Versions of the sugar cookie have been around since the 1700’s and are said to have originated in Pennsylvania.

Easy Amish Sugar Cookies

Tips, Tricks, and Variations:

Can I freeze sugar cookies before baking? Yes! This recipe works beautifully from frozen. Simply prepare the recipe as directed, scoop out the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, (they can be placed close together) then freeze for about an hour. After an hour, remove from the freezer and place all of the solid sugar cookie dough balls into an airtight container or sealable plastic bag. (remove as much air as possible) Label the bag with the date and pop it into the freezer. (If you freeze cookies often you may also want to label the bag with the name of the recipe and cooking instructions.) You can bake these cookies directly from the freezer, just be sure to add 1-3 minutes to the baking time.

Can I freeze the cookies after baking? Sure thing. Just make sure the cookies are cooled, then place them in an airtight container in single layers. (I like to use wax paper between each layer) I have stored them for a few months in the freezer and while they are still good, I prefer this cookie fresh or freezing before baking.

Can you frost Amish Sugar Cookies? Oh, my word YES. I absolutely adore them with Cherry Buttercream. It reminds me of a Swig Cookie! You can also use vanilla, buttermilk frosting, chocolate, or any frosting that you prefer. My hubby likes them with strawberry preserves on top!

Do these cookies work for holiday decorating? I love these Amish sugar cookies rolled in red or green sprinkles for the holiday! Simply roll the dough into a ball, roll the ball around in the colored sugar (or sprinkles) of your choice, then bake as directed.

Amish Sugar Cookie
Easiest Ever Sugar Cookies
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Amish Sugar Cookies

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
No-roll, no-cut, and no-chill Amish sugar cookies will become your go-to recipe for your next potluck or bake sale. This modern adaptation of Amish sugar cookies produces the softest, no-fuss sugar cookies that will ever come out of your oven, just like grandma used to make!
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Ingredients

  • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, oil, and sugars on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, scraping the sides as necessary.
  • Reduce speed to medium and add the eggs, one at a time, mixing just until combined. Add the vanilla and mix until combined.
  • Reduce speed to low and add the flour in three additions, scraping down the sides as necessary.
  • Drop dough balls of two tablespoons each onto the baking sheet, spacing two inches apart.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, just until the edges begin to darken. Let cool on baking sheet.

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Keyword: Amish Sugar Cookies
Servings: 48
Author: Amanda Rettke-iamhomesteader.com

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  1. I have been attempting to make these cookies for the last half hour..the problem I am having is not with the sugar amounts. The problem is I am laughing too hard from the comments.. especially Vicki’s. lol

    2. Me too, This sugar thing has me laughing so hard. How many times can you say the same thing?

  2. Looking for advice when using almond flour. I have been trying different recipes by subsituting regular flour with almond flour without much success. They taste good but have had issues with baking times and consistency. Has anyone tried this recipe with aloud flour. Advice appreciated.

    1. The problem comes from the lack of gluten… there is something you can add to help but for the life of me I can’t remember what it is… I’m thinking it was xanthan gum.

      1. And remember, xanthan gum is very dangerous to dogs. It is deadly. So don’t share your cookies with your dogs.

      2. I think you mean – chewing gum with Xylitol – that is very dangerous to dogs. Xanthum gum is not considered unsafe for pets. I’ve noticed that xanthum gum is added to a lot of store bought breads, and a key ingredient in many gluten free breads.
        I’ve baked for a nephew who needs to eat gluten free – and used xanthum gum. It’s probably a good idea to google a recipe for gluten free sugar cookies with almond flour – and they can advise whether to also add rice flour, or all purpose gluten free flour. It’s hard to convert recipes – but someone’s probably already tested it out.

  4. After seeing all the comments about these cookies, it was not worth trying. When I saw the amount of oil, I was wondering if you could use unsweetened applesauce instead. Maybe the recipe has to be re-written so people will understand. Just subscribed to the site and want to really try some recipes.

  6. These sound wonderful! I was wondering if you have ever tried changing the flavor in the cookies. While I love a good vanilla cookie, I have some lemon olive oil I need to use up –I found I don’t like it in savory dishes. Do you think some lemon would work in these?

    1. I have lemon and a blood orang oolive oil please let us know how it goes… sounds delicious (FYI have you tried this oil for salad dressing yum or a lemon chicken dish)

  7. This has got to be the most entertaining recipe comments I have ever read. As I am sitting here reading them, I am almost peeing on myself. And for those of you who said to buy slice and bake cookies, I wouldn’t even recommend that to the reading-recipe-challenged people. I would just advise they stick with store bought cookies, PERIOD!!!

  10. This has got to be the most entertainment I’ve received from a recipe. I have to agree that if any part is confusing, just buy the pillsbury.

    1. Yes, I agree. Only I wasn’t laughing, I was shaking my head. Some of these ladies should just go to the bakery and pick up a couple dozen sugar cookies. Forget the mixer. Forget the sugar.

  11. I can’t imagine putting a whole cup of oil in a cookie recipe plus a cup of butter. These can’t be healthy for you, I’ll pass

      1. Here we go with the “Stupidities” again…. LOL Healthy cookies, I thought all cookies were healthy. Now “Stupid” has burst my bubble.

      2. This is the best time I’ve had in a long, long time!!! Thanks everyone for the laughs! !!!!! Came at a very needed time.

    2. They’re not supposed to be healthy, it’s a treat, cookies aren’t meant to be eaten every day.

    4. VERY TRUE. . . the words “healthy” and “cookies” really should not be used in the same sentence. BUT seriously, if your are concerned with healthy eating, WHY are you surfing a cookie web page??? ESP cookies that at first glance look NAUGHTY. . . and are called SUGAR cookies. . . obviously made with white, refined, BLEACHED flour. A recipe for an afternoon treat with a nice cup of coffee and a leisurely book.

    5. I hear if you eat them with a diet soda, it cancels out the calories. Or…I don’t know…don’t expect something with sugar and cookie in the name to be good for you. Yikes

  14. Thanks for the recipe Amanda. I can’t wait to bake tonight.

    And with kindness, I have to say….. if you don’t know if it’s ok to half a recipe, can’t figure out how to improvise if you don’t have a stand mixer or had difficulty understanding the recipe, Pillsbury makes slice and bake sugar cookies.

    1. Lol! Sounds like that would be a better option for some! I have baked/cooked since I was a young girl. What my Mother didn’t have the patience for, I learned from my Grandma. What is so perfectly clear to me is obviously hard to understand to others. I found a lot of these queries intensely amusing! Believe me, I’m not making fun of those who are not the Suzy Homemaker type. For me, living in a rural area, it was and is a way of life. People ask me how to make certain things and it’s hard to explain when you don’t measure stuff! Some things you just have to look at or feel and judge if it’s right or not. By taking Home Economics out of the curriculum, we have really smart kids who don’t know how to do commonplace things. Oh well….it really does take all kinds.

      1. DENISE. . . I cook the same way. . . I watch color, consistency, feel, with some intuition & imagination when I cook. Most of the time, things turn out FANTASTIC. . . but sometimes I have to take the family out to dinner because I really botched up the meal. . . it makes life FUN. AND yes, lots of innocent and humorous comments. Im actually rolling on the floor at the thought of replacing ENGINE oil for veg oil, and dropping a GOB of dough in place of a 2TSP drop. BTW, what is the exact measurement of a GOB???? ENJOY YOUR KITCHENS FOLKS! ! !

      2. Laughing all the way to the bathroom, I’m old and my bladder can only hold a certain amount of laughter.

      3. Hahahaha I had to sit down for the same reason!! There’s always the friendly neighborhood bakery for those that don’t know how to (or wouldn’t be safe to) work the oven.

  15. You people that cannot understand her directions probably shouldn’t have an oven in your house, it could be dangerous to your health!

  16. LOL. LOL. I taugh Home Ec for 31 years and THIS is why it would not be a day longer than that. Your thread gave me a renewed sense of humor in an otherwise humorless day. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

    2. That is why we should go back to learning the basics in high school. We have taken home economics out of the curriculum and now we can’t follow a simple recipe.

      1. Some people need to learn to read before they get to high school, then maybe simple receipts would not be so confusing… I rest my case. LOL

      2. I believe you meant recipes, not receipts, but that makes it even funnier regarding your comment about people learning to read. Add spelling to the list.

      3. In Southern cook books, the words “receipts” and “recipes” are interchangeable. Learned that when I moved to Charleston. One of their most famous recipe books is called “Charleston Receipts.” My Webster’s dictionary also defines receipts as recipes. Trivia for the moment. 🙂

      4. When I was growing up many women referred to recipe as the “receipt”. It was automatically accepted that they were referring to the ingredients of baked goods. These cookies sound wonderful and can’t wait to try them. What lovely gifts they would make for seniors or those who are disabled or ill and others who just don’t bake.

  17. What do you mean by drop by 2 tablespoons? One drop on top on the other? Also, do you have to flatten the dough after you dropped the dough?

  18. I’m sorry, but, to those of you who find this recipe confusing, perhaps you should stay clear of the kitchen. You use 1 cup of regular granulated sugar AND 1 cup of powdered sugar. Two different types of sugar. One cup of each sugar. 1+1=2

    2. I am laughing so darn hard….and I thought I had a fried brain!!! No offense to those who did not understand….. just chill

      1. So, when you say CHILL, Weezie, do you mean I have to stand in front of the A/C or put a fan on? ROFLMAO

      2. ????????????????????. This whole discussion is hilarious- Thanks for starting my day off with a good laugh!

      1. That sounds good…..I think cherry icing would be fabulous with these.
        I need a recipe too.

    4. They’re are some really dumb people out there. 1 cup regular sugar, 1 cup powdered sugar!!! How many times has she told you that??? Good grief, I don’t think I want some of you in my kitchen. it’s like Ron White says, “You Can’t Fix Stupid”! Stop with the stupid questions, read the receipt. Or like Loanne said, Go Do Laundry…

      1. You can’t fix stupid but you can sedate it! LOL! This is a pretty basic recipe. If you’re just learning to bake, as some of these comments lead me to believe, go to YouTube or google it, even pinterest can explain these questions. For those of you who are hyper-critical about the questions, remember, you had learn at some point……name calling and bashing is just plain mean! Grow up! Ignore these questions I’d they send you into the “mean girl rage” HAPPY BAKING

    1. 1 cup regular sugar (regular granulated sugar)
      1 cup confectioners sugar (10x or powdered is confectioners sugar)

      Is that clear enough?

    2. Oh my God… 1 CUP OF REGULAR SUGAR AND 1 CUP OF CONFECTIONERS SUGAR… JESUS H CHRIST SHE SAID IT 15 TIMES

      3. UNBELIEVABLE HOW ‘SCREWED UP’ SOME PPL. CAN BE, LOL!! IF…You can’t figure out 1 CUP OF REGULAR SUGAR; 1 CUP CONFECTIONERS (or Powdered) SUGAR, I’D SAY “GIVE IT UP” & GO DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE USING YOUR NOGGIN’>>LIKE>> DO THE LAUNDRY!!

        P.S….Corrie>>Funny as this is over ‘SUGAR’, I really don’t think it’s necessary to take OUR LORD’S NAME IN VAIN!!

      5. I was thinking the same thing.
        Omg just go buy you some sugar cookies. The isn’t that hard to understand.

    1. Sorry for the typo. I know it’s hard to figure out, but it should read “1 cup Confectionery Sugar”

      1. So is that 1 cup regular sugar and 2 cups xxx sugar, or just 2 cups xxx sugar, for a total of 2 cups of sugar. Or is it supposed to be 3 total cups of sugar?

      3. I would like to try these, but still am confused by the sugar. Above you say the recipe read: 1 C. sugar 1 Cup confectioners sugar. At one point you have 2 C. cofectioners sugar. Can you just list the ingredients and amount as it should be. Thank you!

      4. The recipe calls for one cup EACH of the regular sugar and the confectionary sugar. In step no. 3, recipe says to cream sugarS (that is both sugars one cup each) with the wet ingredients.

      7. Confectioners sugar is also known in some regions as “Powdered Sugar” Thus 1 sugar regular sugar and 1 cup powdered sugar if this help clarify.

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