Comments on: Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts, an Amish Christmas Cookie

By: Best Chinese food

Best Chinese food — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:06:23 +0000

Many Amish families enjoy baking cookies during the festive season. Many of these cookies are called “Christmas Cookies. I also love this cookie. Thanks

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Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tarts - Pennsylvania Digital News — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:08:10 +0000

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By: Angela Roberts

Angela Roberts — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:03:01 +0000

In reply to Charlene Gilgore Cerasa. This is my aunt's recipe from Harrisburg, PA. I think the egg whites do makes a crispier cookie. Let me know what you think.

By: Charlene Gilgore Cerasa

Charlene Gilgore Cerasa — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:15:12 +0000

I haven’t made sand tarts for at least 10 years, maybe longer. I grew up in Lancaster County, PA. They are my favorite cookies at Christmastime and evoke wonderful memories.
I compared your recipe to my mom’s and there are lots of differences. Perhaps I’ll make both recipes and see which one I keep in my repertoire. Mom’s doesn’t include vanilla or salt and doesn’t call for separating the eggs. I would add salt, because I know it is needed. Does the egg separation yield a crisper cookie??? I guess I’ll find out.

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 01:37:09 +0000

My recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups Confectioners sugar. Same egg meringue folded in, and rolled thin. We topped with egg wash on first and then cinnamon sugar and then sprinkles.

By: Grace P

Grace P — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:30:16 +0000

thanks for sharing this. my little sis loves these but is not a great cookie maker, so I’m housing/pet sitting for her this weekend so there will be a surprise for her when she returns!

By: Barbara Hunter

Barbara Hunter — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:52:01 +0000

In reply to Alison. Hi I lost my grandmothers recipe when my mother passed away but my mother was from Allegheny county in Pittsburgh. My cousin has a recipe but she isn’t having surgery today so there’s no way I can get it from her I wanted to make them with my grandkids I wanted to know if you could share your recipe because I was wondering if that would sound more like how many my grandmother made because she made them for all the grandkids and I were 13 of us. Thank you so much I would love to have this recipe to share with my grandkids since they’ve never had them and my daughter made them when she was younger but I can’t find my copy of the recipe at this time because I had moved and it is packed up somewhere

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:33:40 +0000

In reply to Alison. My mother was also from the Pittsburgh area and had this recipe as part of her holiday cookie arsonal. It really is the best cookie ever.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:31:16 +0000

Count me another one who did not realize Sand Tarts were such a PA regional recipe. But both if my parents grew up in PA, so this was a traditional holiday cookie. I was so surprised to learn that my mother-in-law also made these cookies, but she made them all wrong LOL. First off, she rolled them way too thick (think 1/8”), and then did not brush with egg. She always complained what a difficult doughnut was, but then criticized me when I made them like my mother and grandmother did – thin, crispy, and with cinnamon sugar and a pecan. Thank you for sharing the history of this cookie 🙂

By: Melissa Boyle

Melissa Boyle — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 05:03:08 +0000

In reply to Ginny. Thank you so much for this recipe for Sandtarts! I never realized they were a regional treat/Pennsylvania Dutch! The family who babysat me (all those years ago) made these cookies and I have looked for a recipe for many years without success for the “right” Sandtarts; no one seems to know what I’m talking about! I hope to try these soon!