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Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies

This delicious sugar cookie recipe has been passed down in our family for 75 years. Try it and you'll see why it remains our very favorite cookie! —Arnita Schroeder, Hoagland, Indiana

45 ServingsPrep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.

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

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Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies (continued)

Directions (continued)

browned. Remove to wire rack to cool. Yield: about 7-1/2 dozen.

Nutrition 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.