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I make these cookies for my family and our neighbors every Valentine’s Day. The heart-shaped treats stay soft for at least a week, and they look so pretty frosted bright pink and then piped with lacy frosting.—Carolyn Walton, Smoot, Wyoming
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Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 197 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies published in Taste of Home February/March 2008, p41
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Reviewed on Feb. 07, 2010 by fridayvmh
What's not to LOVE!!!
Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2010 by jukieklein
I agree with the cookie lady. These cookies ate not good unless you slather tons of frosting on them.
Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2010 by eyesrbro
People call me the cookie lady. I bake hundtred of trays with a variety of cookies for Weddings, Holidays, any occassions. I was suspicious because this recipe didn't call for butter, which usually means no flavor, but it had great reviews so I thought I'd give it a whirl. In my opinion if you have to put icing on the cookie to make it taste good, that's an issue. Icing is just an enhancer to a good cookie. This cookie is not worth the bother. Make a butter cookie cut out instead!
Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2010 by chunage
Why is everyone complaining about the baking soda? 1 1/2 teaspoons is not alot of baking soda unless you are reading it as 1 1/2 tablespoons. Also I would say that the reason that the icing calls for 9 cups of powdered sugar is so that you can divid the icing up and tint it different colors to decorate the cookies.
Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2010 by egan8910
I haven't made these yet, I'm just looking for some Valentines Cookie Recipy's and this sounds good. The baking soda....should it not read 1-1/2 tsp. (one and one half teaspoons)? On the comments it looks suspicously like 11/2, which some might find rather confusing.
Reviewed on Dec. 08, 2009 by jrtremsti
These cookies are wonderful, I make them at least once a month. At first I followed the recipe for the frosting but it made way, way too much and it was just okay, I prefer using my regular buttercream icing, since the cookie itself isn't very sweet the buttercream works well without it being overly sweet. Thanks for the great recipe!
Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2009 by charityr
I have made this recipe 3 times! I have never been a fan of normal sugar cookies, I always thought they were too crunchy for me! I love that these are soft!! Since I have 3 girls at home we will continue making these for years to come :)
Reviewed on Aug. 25, 2009 by elliek
These were awesome and everyone wanted the recipe. I've made them for Christmas and Valentine's Day and they just disappear. This is my #1 cutout cookie.
Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2009 by bettina_bettina_TX
These cookies are wonderful and easy to make. Everyone loved them. I made several different types of cookies for a Valentines party and these looked very pretty on the platter.~Bettina
Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2009 by kaymac51
I love these cookies. I've been looking for a recipe similiar to my grandmothers recipe and these fill the bill. They do get tough if you don't refrigerate the dough because you then have to add too much flour to firm up the dough. Hope this helps. Kaymac51
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