Lepp Cookies I Food

LEPP COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup shortening. Mix until it reaches a coarse crumb mixture.
• Stir together eggs, sugar, oil, and buttermilk. Then add dry ingredients and vanilla. Drop from tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle crumb mixture on dough.
• Bake until slightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

LEPP COOKIES II

Steps:

• Cream together the sugar and the butter. Add in eggs.
• In another bowl, mix baking soda and flour. Add to sugar mixture. Add sour cream. Mix well.
• Drop by teaspoonful on to a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream sugar, crisco and eggs, add sour cream and vanilla.gradually blend in remaining ingredients.mix well.cover and refrigerate overnight --
• drop by tspful on ungreased cookie sheet --
• flatten slightly with bottom of sugar coated glass --
• bake at 3508 for 9-11 minutes --
• cool completely on wire rack.
• to prepare FROSTING:.
• add sugar and water to a small saucepan, bring to a boil, stir and boil till sugar dissolves, remove from heat and pour into a medium bowl, set aside to cool to lukewarm --
• blend in powdered sugar, mix well, add crisco and vanilla and blend till smooth and creamy.

MISSOURI'S LEBKUCKER (LEPE) COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat butter & molasses until real thin. Mix baking soda and buttermilk together. Now mix all ingredients together, EXCEPT for flour. Add flour gradually and mix well. Form into rolls and wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate overnight. Slice 1/4" thick & bake on greased cookie sheets at 325 for approximately 15 minutes.
• 2. NOTE: Wilma Distler said this recipe had been handed down from mother to daughter as far back as her great-grandmother. As you can see, this authentic German recipe is chock-full of nuts and candied fruit, but is still easy to put together. Don't let the long list of ingredients throw you!

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375; line cookie sheets with baking parchment paper for best results, but you can grease or use non-stick spray if necessar-- I use the non-stick spray all the time.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat; then add the vanilla and beat.
• Stir the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, into the sugar mixture, stirring until smooth.
• Drop by tablespoons or a small scoop (about 1 tablespoon capacity) onto the prepared cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with additional granulated sugar (I will flatten the tops just very slightly to hold more sugar) and bake for 7-10 minutes, until just firm.
• Wait just a minute and then remove from the cookie sheets and cool on a rack.
• *Asa substitute for the buttermilk, add 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice to a measuring cup and add milk to make 1 cup; let stand for 10 minutes before using.