Awesome Sour Cream Sugar Cookies With Frosting Food

GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on high until creamy.
• Add eggs, vanilla, and sour cream and beat until smooth.
• Add baking soda, baking powder and flour and beat on low until combined -- dough will be soft, almost like cake batter. THIS IS FINE.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets 2-3 inches apart and bake for 10-12 minutes, until edges are golden and centers are set.
• FrostingWith an electric mixer, beat butter until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla and milk and beat until smooth, adding additional sugar or milk to reach desired consistency (you don't want it too thin!).
• Color if desired and spread on cooled cookies.

AWESOME SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES WITH HOMEMADE ICING

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt in bowl and set aside.
• Cream butter sugar, egg and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes.
• Add sour cream and beat well.
• Add dry ingredient mix (flour, baking soda, and salt) and blend well.
• Roll on floured board to desired thickness. (1/4 inch thick will create thick cookies that will stay moist for up to two weeks).
• Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
• Bake on greased cookie sheet at 325°F for 12 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
• Pour bag of confectioner sugar into bowl.
• Whisk the 1 stick butter (melted), 1 tbsp almond extract, and 1/2 can evaporated milk in separate bowl until well mixed.
• Slowly blend into the powered sugar a bit at a time until the icing is a good consistency for decorating. Will not take the entire mixture.
• Pour icing into smaller bowls and use food coloring to make icing into different colors.
• Decorate with icing as desired.
• Use remaining butter, almond, evap.milk mixture to freshen up the icing as it hardens over time. Re-heat the mixture in the microwave before adding to the icing. Add to the icing a few drops at a time until the icing becomes spreadable again. You may have to add more food coloring to freshen up the color.
• Use sprinkles, candy, and a lot of imagination to decorate cookies.
• Lay decorated cookies on wax paper to dry, it will take icing about 2 hours to firm onto cookie but once dry you can store them in an airtight container.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat white sugar and 1 cup butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat sour cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into butter mixture.
• Stir flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to sour cream mixture and stir well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• Roll cookie dough out on a floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut into 3-inch round cookies and place onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies spring back when lightly touched in the center, 10 to 12 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• Beat 1/3 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Spread frosting over cooled cookies.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES II

Steps:

• Cream butter, lard and sugar. Add eggs and beat. Mix sour cream and baking soda together and add to egg mixture. Add flour and salt and mix well.
• Chill dough until firm enough to roll.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Roll out dough and cut with cookie cutter. It's wise to keep dough in refrigerator between rolling out batches. Bake for 5 - 7 minutes.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. , Place 1 in. apart on baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.

ICING FOR SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix butter, powdered sugar and vanilla together. Add teaspoons of hot water until you reach your desired consistency for spreadable icing.
• Spread icing over the Sour Cream Cookies.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES I

Steps:

• Cream together 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and eggs. Add sour cream.
• Mix together 5 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder and baking soda. Gradually add to the egg-sugar mixture.
• Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll out on lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 10 - 12 minutes.
• To Make Frosting: In small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat together the softened cream cheese and evaporated milk until smooth. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon salt and confectioners' sugar. Beat until well blended. Color as desired and frost cooled cookies.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with a floured 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter or the cutter of your choice.
• Place 1 inch apart on baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until set.
• Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, in large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
• Add enough milk to achieve desired consistency.
• Tint with food coloring.
• Decorate cookies as desired.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES IV

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Dough will be light and sticky. Cover or wrap dough and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until cookies turn a very light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

SUGAR COOKIES WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition (dough will be sticky). Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut into desired shapes with floured cookie cutters., Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Add food coloring if desired. Frost cookies.

WEIGHT WATCHERS SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy using an electric mixer on high speed.
• Beat in the egg white and the vanilla.
• Slowly add the flour mixture and the sour cream alternately and beat until just blended.
• Shape into a disk, wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray 2 large baking sheets with nonstick spray.
• Set a large rack over a sheet of wax paper.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
• Using a 2 1/2 inch leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out the cookies rerolling the scraps to make a total of 28 cookies.
• With a spatula, place the cookies 1/2 inch apart on the baking sheets.
• Bake until the cookies are lightly browned at the edges, 12-15 minutes.
• Transfer the cookies to the rack and cool completely.
• To make the frosting, combine all the ingredients except the colored sugar (if using) in a bowl.
• Use a spoon to drizzle the frosting over the cookies and sprinkle with colored sugar.
• Let stand until the frosting is set, about 20 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine baking soda and sour cream.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each.
• Blend in vanilla.
• Blend in sour cream and baking soda.
• Combine baking powder and flour and add to sour cream mixture.
• Refrigerate until easy to handle, usually at least an hour.
• Roll out dough about 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes.
• Bake at 325F(Note:temp varies or different ovens)for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.