When I saw that these sugar cookies use sour cream, well I knew it was meant to be. And they are. Absolutely deliciously perfect. Make them. Now.
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 & 3/4 cups plain flour
Method
♥ In a bowl combine butter and sugar. Beat until creamy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat.
♥ Add sour cream, beat until combined.
♥ Combine salt, baking powder and flour in a bowl. Mix. Add to butter mix. Mix with a spoon until combined.
♥ Lightly flour a clean surface. Roll out dough until it is about 1cm thick. Cut into shapes. My circles were about 6cm in diameter – so adjust your cooking time if you’re cooking smaller cookies.
♥ Gently place on to a lined baking tray and bake for 7 minutes. Get them out of the oven then. They won’t look cooked {ie they’re not brown} but this is how you want them to look. Place them on a wire rack to cool.
Once cooled, it’s time for icing and decorating. This buttercream icing recipe is a good one. I add vanilla and a dash of gel food colouring. You could decorate these cookies with a hard icing, but this soft one just makes it so much more delicious.
♥ This recipe makes about 15 big cookies. I halved the original recipe, so double it if you like.
♥ I also froze half of my batch for later and it defrosted well and then baked perfectly.
♥ If your mixture is too sticky, add in some extra plain flour until it is easier to roll out and cut.
♥ You must {it’s an order} taste-test the dough. Seriously, it’s the best dough I’ve ever tasted. Sorry waistline.
om nom nom noms
I've just made Donna Hay's sugar cookies, but I'm going to make a batch of these now as I have sour cream that needs using up! Win win!
I agree whole-heartedly about sour cream in baking. Yoghurt has a similar effect and is a little more waistline-friendly!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. Hope you and your family have a wonderful christmas and a healthy, happy new year! It's been a pleasure visiting your site this year, you should be very proud of what you've achieved!
This is a first for me to have sour cream in cookies! or in baking actually heh… happy hols to you and your family 🙂
Ai @ Sakura Haruka
Thanks for the recipe – I am always looking for ways to use up the sour cream that we have left over after fajitas !!!!
will get the kids onto this one :0
I bet these are as delectable as the photos, C! Wishing you a blissful Christmas and truly beautiful 2012. May wonderful wishes pop up like daisies all year long. x
I made these earlier and found the dough to be really sticky, might have needed some more flour. I just rolled into balls and squished a little.
I halved the batch and added food coloring green and res for Xmas
Think I will have to make some of these tomorrow morning!
They look delish and so simple
Will have to make these for Santa, thanks for the recipe.
OMG!! I just put a batch of these in the oven with the help of my niece and nephew…that dough is DELICIOUS!!
Thankyou (maybe!!) for the recipe 🙂 xx
I made them the day you wrote the post! I forgot one cup of flour and was wondering why it was so sloppy! But they turned out okay- I made a thin icing with melted butter, lemon juice and icing sugar and they are seriously delicious!
do they hold thier shape well??