Irish Setter Cookie Jar
Amish recipes are always sensational – mark it down! This cookie recipe is no exception. These Amish Butterscotch cookies are melt in your happy mouth delicious and it’s a recipe you’ll return to again and again and again.
And again.
These Amish cookies are extra delectable when served with coffee or hot tea. You’ll enter a whole other world.
Amish Cookies Recipe: Amish Butterscotch Cookies
2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup shortening
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup chopped nuts
Mix all ingredients (except the nuts) thoroughly. Stir the nuts in by hand.
Roll the dough into ropes about 2″ thick. Cut in thin slices. Cross-press with a fork to make a design.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 – 12 minutes.
Yield: 7 – 8 dozen cookies
If you’re looking for unique cookies to make this Christmas – in addition to the traditional favorites – this cookie recipe is very, very simple and uses things that are normally on hand anyway. For the nuts, I think it’s hard to beat plain old peanuts, but almonds, pecans, or walnuts are also perfect.
The gorgeous cookie jar at the top of the post is just one of an entire collection of dog and cat cookie jars available. The one shown is one of the most gorgeous dogs on the face of the earth – the Irish Setter. Stunning. If you click through the link, you can find your own dog or cat’s breed…. and I know yours’ is as stunning as the redhead we just spoke of!
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