Description
Homemade Brown Sugar Amish Cookies offer a nostalgic taste of Pennsylvania Dutch baking traditions. Rustic and sweet, these simple treats bring comfort with each tender, molasses-rich bite you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups (340 grams) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (226 grams or 2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups (313 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Calibrate oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease surface to prevent sticking.
- Cream Butter Mixture: Whip softened butter and brown sugar together until achieving a smooth, creamy texture that forms a luxurious base for the cookies.
- Incorporate Wet Ingredients: Integrate eggs individually, mixing thoroughly after each addition, then blend in vanilla extract to enhance overall flavor profile.
- Combine Dry Components: Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, ensuring uniform distribution of leavening agents throughout the mixture.
- Merge Ingredients: Delicately fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, using gentle strokes to maintain a tender cookie consistency and prevent overmixing.
- Shape and Bake: Drop rounded tablespoon-sized portions onto prepared baking sheets, spacing to allow for natural spreading, and bake for 8-10 minutes until edges turn golden and centers set.
- Cool and Settle: Transfer cookies to wire rack immediately after baking, allowing them to cool completely and develop optimal texture and flavor.
Notes
- Butter Softening Strategy: Allow butter to reach room temperature for 30-60 minutes before mixing to ensure smooth, even blending and prevent lumpy cookie texture.
- Mixing Precision: Avoid overmixing the dough after adding dry ingredients, which can develop gluten and create tough, dense cookies instead of soft, tender ones.
- Consistent Cookie Size: Use a cookie scoop or measuring tablespoon to create uniform cookies that bake evenly and look professionally prepared.
- Moisture Preservation: Store cooled cookies in an airtight container with a slice of bread to maintain softness and prevent them from becoming dry or crumbly.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes (per batch)
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 172
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 84 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 37 mg