Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe

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This delicious recipe has been passed down in our family for 75 years. Try it and you'll see why it remains our very favorite cookie!

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Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.
  • Yield: 45 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 1-3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Granulated or colored sugar
  • Walnut halves, optional

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter, salt, egg yolks and eggs. Dissolve baking soda in hot water; add, with sour cream, to butter mixture.
  • In another bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and nutmeg; add to egg mixture. Dough will be sticky. Cover and chill several hours or overnight.
  • Roll chilled dough on a well-floured surface. Cut into 2-1/2-in. round or decorative shapes. Sprinkle with granulated or colored sugar. Top plain round cookies with a walnut half if desired.
  • Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set but not browned. Remove to wire rack to cool. Yield: about 7-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 126 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 43 mg cholesterol, 124 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies in Country February/March 1991, p47

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Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2010 by darbaker

These cookies were ok. A hassle to roll out and cut into shapes. I made them because they were given a Taste of Home award. I can't imagine why. Won't make them again.


Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2007 by NEDCCyndie

 
 
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