SUGAR COOKIES MADE WITH SOUR CREAM RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a well-floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets., Bake 10-12 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread over cookies.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two cookie sheets.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in sour cream, lemon extract, and vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture just until blended.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons, 1 inch apart, on prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake until set and golden around edges, 10-12 minutes.
• Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; with wide spatula, transfer cookie to wire racks to cool completely.