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GRANDMA'S BELGIAN BUTTERMILK
COOKIES
 
Belgian immigrants took these cookies with them to the fields where they farmed for a lunch that included milk and cheese. The recipe dates back to before the 1930-1940s.

3 cups sugar
2 cups shortening
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
2 tbsp. vanilla
2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. baking powder
3 tbsp. baking soda
5 cups all-purpose flour

Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Sift in salt, baking powder and baking soda.

Slowly sift in enough flour to make a soft, pliable dough.

Refrigerate for at least one hour. Roll dough out and cut out cookies with a large cookie or biscuit cutter.

Bake at 350°F for about 15 minutes, or until edges just turn a golden brown.

Submitted by: From my cousin Kandice's recipe file, Wisconsin

 

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