Amish Sugar Cookies
Soft, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Amish Sugar Cookies made from simple pantry ingredients and baked to golden perfection in a pressure cooker or oven!
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl Large
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter softened
- 1 cup Vegetable or canola oil
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 2 Eggs large
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla
- 4 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
Instructions
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, oil, and sugars until combined.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
- Add dry ingredients to wet in two additions, stirring just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Line the pressure cooker steamer rack with parchment and drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto it.
- Set cooker to bake mode or low pressure for 10 minutes to bake cookies through steam.
- Do a quick release and carefully remove the cookie tray.
- Cool cookies on wire racks. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Use parchment paper cutouts in the pressure cooker rack to prevent sticking. Chill dough ahead to improve texture. For variety, add lemon zest, nuts, or sprinkles.