Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Sugar Cookies

Name: Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Sugar Cookies
Yield: Makes about 60 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; Pinch salt; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk (see Note); 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes about
60
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

This delicious, homey recipe comes from veteran baker and recipe collector Nancy Berzinec. Though buttermilk works well in the recipe, in the past these were probably a vehicle for using up milk that had soured.

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon</

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Method

Set the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachme