Sour Cream Softies

1Steve's Note:

This recipe appeared about 30 years ago in Family Circle magazine: Cinnamon-sugar "frosts" the tops of these big old-fasioned puffs. They are soft and a bit cakelike and puff up high in the center. I have added chocolate chips to these sometimes too and they were quite nice like that as well :-)

• Total Time: 22 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 21

Yield: 36.0 cookies

• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup sour cream (8 ounce carton)
• cinnamon sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Measure flour, salt, baking powder, and soda into a sifter.
2. Cream butter or margarine with sugar until well blended in a large bowl: beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Sift in flour mixture, adding alternately with sour cream to make a thick batter.
4. Drop by by rounded Tablespoonfuls, 4 inches apart, on greased cookie sheets; spread into 2 inch rounds; sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
5. Bake in hot oven (400°F) 12 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges.
6. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks.

Reviews

[Barbasol]

I am so happy I tried this recipe. The taste of these cookies reminds me of something from my childhood! I only made half the recipe, just to be sure I was going to like them, and now I am really sorry I didn't make the whole thing. My daughter loved them too, and she doesn't usually care for anything that I make a fuss over, typically 12 I guess!! thanks, these will be made again!!

[babylucol]

I added 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. These wonderful treats are similar to Snickerdoodles!Very, very GOOD! [Editor's Note: the recipe has been updated based on these comments. 9/8/02]

[Babyoil]

This is exactly the recipe I had been searching for! They came out wonderfully soft and extremely tasty. A real hit!