SOUR CREAM COOKIES WITH ICING RECIPES

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.

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.