Amish Church/Buttermilk Cookies | Read the Description for the Recipe

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: low-fat yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Low-fat yogurt provides tanginess with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds moisture and a unique flavor.

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chopped chocolate

Dark chocolate has health benefits and can be less expensive.

Start by creaming together sugar and butter.

Add in home-raised eggs and beat until smooth.

Mix in vanilla and optional lemon flavoring.

Add dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda) alternately with buttermilk.

Add half of the buttermilk and stir in before adding the rest of the flour.

Lightly flour a cookie sheet instead of greasing it.

Use a cookie dropper to drop the dough onto the cookie sheet.

Flatten each cookie slightly with a glass bottom dipped in sugar.

Place two raisins in the center of each cookie.

Bake until lightly golden brown.

Remove cookies from the pan immediately and place them on a rack to cool.

Store cookies with a piece of bread in an airtight container to keep them soft.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Allergens