Best Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Enjoy a holiday-ready dessert with these tender cookies from Kathleen Caddy of Tempe, Arizona. You get plenty of classic sugar-cookie flavor and a blank canvas for decorating!

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Best Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup sour cream
1/8 teaspoon lemon extract
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Colored sugar or sprinkles, optional

Directions

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Divide dough in half. Shape one half into a 5-in.-long roll. Wrap in plastic wrap; place in a resealable plastic freezer bag. May be frozen for up to 3 months. Cover and refrigerate remaining dough for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with colored sugar or sprinkles if desired.
Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
To use frozen cookie dough: Remove dough from the freezer 1 hour before baking. Unwrap and cut into 12 slices. Place 1 in. apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with colored sugar or sprinkles if desired.
Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 85 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 41 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Sour Cream Sugar Cookies in Cooking for 2 Winter 2009, p63