Recipe

Pennsylvania Dutch Sugar Cakes Recipe

	Indicatorsrule1 / All my dishes 11 months ago More of a cookie than a cake. Prep:20m Cook:10m Servings:8	Indicatorsr
	dutch sugar cakes

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gagagrits

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henrie

lmgluvscat

Ingredients

1 cup shortening

3 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

4 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 cup buttermilk

Directions

Beat shortening, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, sugar and baking powder. Add to shortening mixture. Slowly stir in buttermilk.

Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 425 for 10 minutes.

These cookies are great plain with sugar sprinkled on top before baking. My nieces like them iced with Chocolate or Strawberry frosting (I use Betty Crocker). Mom likes them with the Coconut Pecan frosting for German Chocolate cake and Dad like them with a Lemon Curd buttercream frosting I make. Be creative!!

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Comments

lmgluvscats 11 months ago said:
These sound like the big soft sugar cookies of my youth. My grandmother sprinkled a little sugar on them before baking them. Oh they were so good!! I hope I'm right. Do they come out this way?? - Linda

indicatorsrule1 11 months ago said:
They do turn out soft and I sometimes sprinkle them with the big granular Kosher sugar. Makes them really sparkle. I really hope they are the cookies you remember from your youth.

lmgluvscats 11 months ago said:
Oh great!! Because when looking through the old cookbooks we couldn't find that recipe! My sister and I are going to have a ball trying these out. Thank you so much!

krumkake 11 months ago said:
Great post - I don't think I've seen a cookie recipe quite like this...sounds wonderful, and you know what a cookie addict I am! Thanks for a new one for me to try...Krum

gagagrits 11 months ago said:
This is a great recipe. My husband is half Pennsylvania Dutch, I will make these, and let you know if he remembers them. Thanks

henrie 11 months ago said:
Sounds good, did you post your lemon curd frosting recipe. Would love to have that also.
You have my 5

henrie 11 months ago said:
Well I don't know what happened to my reply I surely didn't do it 39 years, 1 month ago LOL
Anyway this recipe sounds good, you have my 5 and I'd love it if you would share your lemon curd frosting recipe also.

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