Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies
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COOK’S NOTES
- The cookies keep well in tightly covered containers or can be frozen.
- In either case, each cookie should be wrapped individually or between layers of wax paper as they are so tender, so moist, so cake-like that they cling together if this is not done
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Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg, ground (or less)
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- Raisins
Instructions
- Mix the buttermilk and baking soda, once mixed set aside
- Blend the vegetable oil, sugar, and eggs
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the sugar / eggs mixture
- Mix the salt, nutmeg, and baking powder together
- Add to mixture
- Add vanilla to the mixture
- Blend in flour (batter will be very runny)
- Cover and refrigerate overnight
- Next day preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Use ungreased (non-stick) baking sheets
- Use 1 heaping tablespoon of batter per cookie
- Sprinkle more sugar on top and dot with 3 raisins
- Keep batter refrigerated between bakings
- Baking for 5 minutes
- Remove from oven and allow cookies to remain on sheet for 3 more minutes to continue baking
- Carefully remove cookies with a metal spatula to a wax paper covered rack to cool
Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies

Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies (VRP 008)
Ingredients
Instructions
Mix 1 c. buttermilk and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Blend 1 c. vegetable oil, c. sugar and 2 eggs. Add buttermilk mixture. Add 1½ teaspoon salt, 1½ teaspoon gr. nutmeg, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 3 teaspoons baking powder.
Blend all in 3cups unblended all purpose flour (Batter will be very running).
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Next day preheat oven to 400°. Use ungreased (non sticky) pan being sheets. Use 1 heaping tablespoon of butter per cookies, sprinkle more sugar on top and clot with 3 raisins. Keep batter refrigerated between bakings. Bake for just 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookies to remain on sheet for 3 more minutes.
Carefully remove cookies with a metal spatula to a wax paper-covered rack to cool.
The cookies beef well in tightly covered containers or can be frozen, in either case-each cookie should be wrapped individually or between layers of wax paper. They are so tender, so moist, so cakelike that they cling together if this is not done.