Amish Chewy Oatmeal Cookies Food

AMISH OATMEAL COOKIES ..SLICE AND BAKE IN A ROLL

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and form into several rolls.wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1-2 hours or wrap in ovenwrap of aluminum foil and label and freeze.
• When ready to bake. slice into 1/4" slices.place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes at 350°F.
• Glaze tops when warm.
• To prepare glaze.
• Mix powdered sugar and hot water to make a thin glaze.brush the tops of warm cookies and let set to dry -- .

AMISH OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• To grease cookie sheets: Grease cookie sheets lightly. Too much shortening on the baking sheet will cause cookies to spread and edges will be too thin and too brown. Do not use butter or margarine to grease sheets.
• Grind raisins and peanuts in food grinder, using medium blade; set aside.
• Sift together 6 cups flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into very large bowl or dishpan. Cut in lard until mixture forms fine crumbs, using pastry blender. Add ground raisin mixture, sugar and oats. Mix well., using hands if necessary.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk in small bowl. Add molasses and 3 of the eggs to buttermilk mixture. Beat with rotary beater until blended.
• Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; mix well with spoon. Drop mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls or a small ice cream scoop, about 3 inches apart, on greased baking sheets. Flatten each with bottom of drinking glass dipped in flour to 2 ½ inch round.
• Beat remaining egg in small bowl until blended. Brush tops of each round with egg.
• Bake in 375°F oven 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks. Makes 4 ½ dozen.
• Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book.

AMISH CHEWY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla.
• Stir together dry ingredients and stir into butter.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls and bake at 350 10-12 minutes.

MOIST AND CHEWY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix thoroughly shortening, sugars, egg, water and vanilla.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Shape into two logs and wrap in waxed paper or foil.
• Refrigerate for two hours or overnight.
• Slice into 1/4 inch slices and place on greased baking sheet 1 inch apart.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a 325 degree oven.
• Remove from baking sheet immediately.
• Store in a tightly covered container.

AMISH OATMEAL WHOOPIE PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• For oatmeal cookie mixture -- cream butter, sugar and eggs.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder and add to creamed mixture.
• Add cinnamon and oatmeal.
• Mix well. Add soda to hot water and add to batter -- mix well.
• Drop by tblspoon onto greased cookie sheet;
• bake 19-15 min in 325* oven.
• For filling, combine egg white, vanilla, milk and 1 cup of powdered sugar.
• Cream well.beat in mixing bowl about 10 minutes.Add rest of ingredients and beat an additional 2-3 minutes.
• Put filling between 2 cookies.
• Wrap each whoopie pie cookie in plastic wrap.

AMISH SOFT RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Add boiling water to raisins.
• Cook 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla -- and beat well.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
• Add alternately with raisin liquid to creamed mixture.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Chill dough several hours or overnight.
• Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350* for 12 minutes.

SECRET INGREDIENT MOIST AND CHEWY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease baking sheets; set aside.
• In medium bowl, combine oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and nutmeg; set aside.
• In large bowl, with electric mixer, beat brown sugar, Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise, egg and vanilla 2 minutes. Gradually beat in oat mixture until blended. Stir in raisins. On prepared baking sheets, drop dough by level tablespoonfuls, 3-inches apart.
• Bake 10 minutes or until golden. On wire rack, cool 2 minutes; remove from sheets and cool completely.