Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Mrs.Muffins

"Adapted from the Good Housekeeping Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook. Sour cream gives these sugar cookies a melt-in-you-mouth texture and make it impossible to go back to regular sugar cookies!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 60 cookies

ingredients

• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 8 ounces vanilla frosting (optional)

directions

1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt until blended.
2. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until combined. Beat in egg and vanilla until blended. Beat in sour cream, then beat in flour mixture just until combined.
3. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough, 2 inches apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 10 minutes. With wide spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
5. Optional: When cookies are completely cooled, spread a dollop of vanilla frosting on top of each one.