Sugar Cookies

These sugar cookies are soft and delicious!  

We make them for many different holidays.

    Cookie

1½ cups white sugar

1 cup butter, softened

1 tsp.  vanilla extract

2 eggs  

1 cup sour cream

5 cups all-purpose flour

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

Cream together white sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs, then mix in sour cream. 

Mix together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Gradually add to the sour cram mixture. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375*. Roll out on lightly floured surface to ¼ inch thick. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes.

(these are my Thanksgiving version)

Frosting

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 lb.(16 oz.) powdered sugar

2 Tbs. milk

2 Tbs. butter, softened

Mix together frosting and frost cooled cookies.  We like a lot of frosting so I usually make two batches of frosting for one batch of cookies.

It is fun to use different sprinkles, colors and shapes for different holidays and seasons.

**The biggest tip for this recipe is, do not over cook the cookies.  If the cookies are golden brown on the bottom they are too done.  The softest cookies almost have no color to them.

Posted by Jen