Amish Sugar Cookies Lancaster County The Real Deal Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
• Add vanilla.
• Add milk alternately with dry ingredients and mix well. Add additional flour if needed to achieve proper consistency. (Note that the batter will also thicken as it stands, so you may wish to let it stand 15-30 minutes before baking. I usually turn my oven on at this point & let batter "rest" until the ovens are hot.).
• Drop onto greased (or sprayed) cookie sheets.
• Bake@ 350 for 8 minutes.
• Cool completely, then place one cookie upside down and coat with filling.
• Top with another cookie.
• Wrap in plastic wrap. Serve anytime! These also freeze really well!
• FILLING: Beat egg whites until stiff (if you're using whites).
• Add vanilla, flour and milk & beat well.
• Add shortening and sugar.
• Whip on high speed for 3-5 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and spray cookie sheets with a non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix shortening, sugar, and egg in a large bowl until well blended; add the flour and mix well.
• Then add the baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla, and almond flavoring; mix well.
• Roll cookie dough in colored sugar and than form into a ball.
• Put the balls on a cookie sheet and flatten out just a little bit.
• Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
• Let them sit for a minute on the cookie sheet once done and then transfer them to a cookie rack.

Steps:

• In a large ziploc bag, place beer, oregano (rub between palms to crush while adding), cumin, orange juice, sugar and garlic. Add salt and pepper to taste, making it a bit on the salty side.
• Add red pepper flakes and achiote powder, if using. Achiote gives it a nice color and a subtle taste.
• Zip bag closed and shake or knead to blend all ingredients well.
• Add flank steak, zip closed and combine to saturate all sides of beef. Refrigerate at least one hour, turning and shaking bag from time to time.
• Drink rest of beer while meat is marinating.
• Place meat on hot grill, turning only once, about four minutes per side for medium well.
• When done to your liking, place meat on cutting board, let rest for a few minutes, then cut into small 1/2 inch pieces.
• Serve with warm corn and/or flour tortillas, guacamole, salsa and sour cream (or crema fresca). Beans and mexican rice on the side - see my recipe for the rice.

Steps:

• Mix granulated sugar, powdered sugar, butter, and cooking oil together.
• Add eggs, mix again.
• Add flour, cream of tartar, vanilla, and baking soda mix together.
• Drop small balls of dough on cookie sheet.
• Pour a small amount of granulated sugar in a bowl.
• Dip bottom of a cup in the small bowl of sugar.
• Then slightly flatten dough with the bottom of cup.
• Bake in oven at 375 degrees.
• Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown.

Steps:

• Chop the garlic cloves roughly into about 4 pieces. In a small saucepan, combine the oil and garlic, and fry the garlic for 1-2 minutes in the oil. Be careful not to burn the garlic or let the oil smoke. The objective is to get the garlic flavor into the oil.
• Take the pan off the heat and remove the garlic pieces. Put the paprika into the oil and stir. Return to the heat for 1 minute until the oil is a deep red colour. Set the pan aside and allow it to cool.
• Finely dice the cup of pickles and a small onion. Place these into a new saucepan along with the sugar and the splash of vinegar from the dill pickle jar. Bring to the boil and simmer until the sugar just begins to stick to the pieces of pickle and onion. By this point, the onion should be softening but still have texture. Remove from the heat and allow to completely cool.
• Whilst waiting for the onions and pickles to cool, filter the paprika and garlic oil you made using a paper towel held over a cup, or a piece of cheesecloth. The filtered oil should be completely clear red and not contain any paprika powder. You will need 2-3 tablespoons of the filtered paprika oil.
• While you wait for everything to cool down, thoroughly clean a jar that can take about 3 cups of sauce.
• In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise and paprika oil with a whisk. The color should end up a light pink / orange. As the paprika oil combines with the mayonnaise it will turn darker after a few hours.
• Add the mustard and onion-pickle mix that you made earlier as well as salt which you can adjust to taste. Combine the ingredients with a whisk and place the mixture into the clean jar. Place into the refrigerator for at least one hour to allow the flavors to combine.