Has anyone ever made the Amish sugar cookies on the back of C&H PS? I've never used a sugar cookie recipe with oil, and this one calls for one cup. Just wondering what they might taste like.
I haven't seen that recipe, but here is the one I use:
1 cup butter
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
4 cups flour
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
Preheat oven to 375. Thoroughly cream oil, butter and both sugars. Add vanilla and eggs. Sift dry ingredients. Stir in and blend.
Roll tsp of dough in a ball, roll in granulated sugar, press down on lightly greasede cookie sheet. Bake about 12 minutes. Easier to work if chilled first.
We have about 3 versions of this in our church cookbook, all have oil.
I haven't seen that exact one, but make one very similiar to the pp recipe and they are the best cookie jar type cookie I ever tasted!
It is a very melt in your mouth cookie with great flavor. They look great also
Thanks for your replies, I didn't realize there had been any response to my post. I decided against making them since it was for a bake sale (not a good time to try something new, I guess). Maybe we will do them this week 
Okay, I am glad to see this thread! Here is my question, what brand/type of oil are you using? I just made a recipe really similar to this a few days ago and couldn't remember the type of oil I used and guessed incorrectly (I used Wesson Vegetable Oil and they had zippo flavor compared to how they have been before.). So... what type of oil do you recommend? Alas, I blew it!
I believe I used canola oil, Wesson also.
It's the vanilla that gives them their flavor and the butter. I only use Penzey double strength vanilla in all my cookies.
can you describe the texture? is it any at all like the NFSC? Can you decorate on it? Thanks!
I use the same amount called for.
Unfortunately this is not a cookie for icing. I've used colored sugars to dress them up a bit.
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