Old Fashioned Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Old Fashioned Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are more like cake than a cookie. Sweet, soft, and delicious with a creamy frosting.
Ingredients
For the cookies:
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Using a stand mixer or a large bowl and electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on high until blended. Add the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream and beat until smooth. Add the baking soda, baking powder and flour and beat on low until blended well. The batter will be soft.
- Using a tablespoon-size scoop, drop heaping, rounded balls of dough 3 inches apart onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes until just lightly golden and baked through.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely. In a medium bowl, mix frosting ingredients on low speed until well blended. Add coloring to the frosting if you wish. I added 4 drops of green food coloring to half of the frosting. The other half I kept as white frosting.
- Spread frosting on cookies and decorate with colored sugar or sprinkles. This recipe makes 2-3 dozen cookies depending on how big you make them.
Nutrition
Calories: 225kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 120mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 254IUVitamin C: 0.05mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 1mg