Soft Sugar Cookie Cutouts

Name: Soft Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5 dozen
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup light sour cream; 2 teaspoons orange zest (or lemon peel); 4 1/3 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt

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Recipe by Parsley

These are my oldest sons favorite cutouts. The sour cream helps them stay soft , moist and get kind of "puffy" when you bake them. Prep time does NOT include chilling time for dough.

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READY IN: 20mins

YIELD: 5 dozen

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1 ¹⁄₂

cups sugar
1

cup unsalted butter, softened
2

eggs
1

teaspoon vanilla
1

cup light sour cream
2

teaspoons orange zest (or lemon peel)
4 ¹⁄₃

cups flour
1

teaspoon baking powder
1

teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and sour cream until fluffy. Mix in orange peel.
In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture into creamed mixture. Beat until well-combined.
Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap or wax paper. Chill for about 2 hours.
When dough is chilled, preheat oven to 400.
Roll dough on to lightly floured surface to about 1/8"-1/4" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters and place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets about 2" apart. (If desired, sprinkle with colored sugars). Bake at 400 for 6-9 minutes or until edges slightly golden. Cool about 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

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