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Mom's Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe

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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

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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 Mar. 19, 2013 by homosassa57

the dough was gooey and sticky,never was able to roll out. worst cookie recipe i ever made

Reviewed on Feb. 24, 2013 by Karen Mackley

My husband said his Mom made delicious sugar cookies with sour cream - so I thought "aha!" = well, I'm so disappointed! They were nearly impossible to roll out, and SIX EGGS? Seriously? After baking, they are almost tasteless -- so I am hugely sorry that I still have a bowl of dough I won't use.

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