Mennonite cookies

These Amish funeral cookies have such a sad name but are such a yummy cookie. They are an old fashioned, traditional Amish recipe.

A sugar cookie that is not too sweet, but deliciously soft! I was served cookies like these by a Mennonite couple, and searched desperately for the recipe until I found this one on a Mennonite cooking website! They've been a big hit wherever I've taken them, and they're a family favourite! I've modified the recipe to have coconut on top, like they were first served to me. If necessary, add an extra 1/4-1/2 cup of flour to keep the dough from being too sticky, and if you don't have…

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I recently made 6 times the recipe for a wedding event which gave over 700 cookies since it was one of the bride's favorite cookies and thought it would be a good Flashback Friday recipe. It is that time of year again where the home smells of sweet delights baking in the kitchen. If you like peppermint cookies, you can add 3 teaspoons of peppermint extract to make them peppermint cookies. Some cookies are just a sweet reminder of days gone by, and I have fond memories of these soft and…

These Amish Sugar Cookies are by far the BEST sugar cookies I've ever eaten! Soft and pillowy perfect cookies.

So my hubby, Caleb, has been begging me to make these rolls for him for weeks on end, and having been stuck in final papers/exam mode, I haven't had a chance to make him these childhood treats until recently! Having never eaten these before, I was a little nervous about making them, but with the help of the fabulous online cookbook, Mennonite Girls Can Cook, these turned out wonderfully and I totally get why Cay has been craving these! This is a pretty time consuming recipe, but well worth…

A delicious, light, crisp cookie

Iced Vanilla Amish Sugar Cookies! Soft, puffy, melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies with a sweet, buttery vanilla icing!

A delicious deep-fried cookie that isn't a cookie at all! A Mennonite fritter, sprinkled with icing

Old-fashioned Date and Nut Pinwheel cookies are made with a basic cookie dough and a magical swirl of date filling. A great Christmas cookie!