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sour cream cookies

Sour Cream Cut-out Cookies

Delicious special-occasion cookies. Cut-out or roll and slice.
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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cups shortening
  • 1/3 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 6 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg I've accidentally left this out: don't make that mistake

Instructions

  1. Cream together shortening, sugar, and eggs. Beat until fluffy.
  2. Stir in sour cream.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients.
  4. Chill overnight.
  5. Roll out between wax paper and just enough flour or powdered sugar to make dough workable (too much and the cookies will be dry and tasteless).
  6. Keep extra dough chilled while rolling out (helps to make it less sticky).
  7. Cut out with cookie cutters.
  8. Place cut-out cookies top down in a plate of colored sugar and press so the sugar coats the entire surface. Good luck with this step.
  9. Place on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets. If you don't, you'll have made a lovely pile of cookie crumbs by the time you chip them off the pan.
  10. Bake at 375° for 8 – 10 minutes until barely golden.
  11. Let cool about 1 minute before removing from pan.