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Sparkling Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Chill: 1 hr
Bake: 6 mins at 375°F per pan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- dash of salt
- 1/2 cup dairy sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Powdered Sugar Icing (see recipe below) or your favorite frosting
Directions
1. In mixing bowl, beat butter with electric mixer 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt; beat well. Beat in sour cream, egg, peel, and lemon extract.
2. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Using wooden spoon, stir in remaining flour. Divide in half. Cover; chill 1 to 2 hours or until easy to handle.
3. On a well-floured surface, roll out half of the dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a cooking cutter, cut dough into desired shapes. Place cookies 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 6 to 7 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are light brown. Transfer to wire rack; cool.
5. Prepare the Powdered Sugar Icing or frosting. Spread the mixture over cookies. Immediately top each cookie with candied citrus peel or let dry and paint designs on each with food coloring.
Ingredients
- 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- food coloring (optional)
Directions
In a medium mixing bowl, beat together sifted powdered sugar and milk. Stir in additional milk if needed, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is easy to spread. Tint with food coloring, if you like.
I was pretty disappointed after tasting these! Some comments from the fam and myself: Too dry, they like lemon cookies but this just doesn't do it for them, not sure if it's a lemon cookie or a sugar cookie, both lemon and sugar cookie lovers were disappointed, did not like the cakey texture and that they were not either chewy or crunchy like other cookie. To me they taste like the stale holiday sugar cookies one might buy at a Marshall's or TJMax that are individually wrapped in plastic.
12/10/2010 07:36:56 PM Report AbuseWANT TO TRY THIS RECIPE! SOUNDS AWESOME!
12/1/2010 12:06:42 PM Report AbuseCut this recipe out a few years ago and made the dough for the first time today. Were there corrections to this recipe? I followed directions exactly and the dough is more suited to a cookie press than rolled and cut cookies. Directions say to blend in as much flour as possible with the mixer and then use a wooden spoon. 2 1/2 C of flour mixed in easily with just the mixer and dough is still moist and gooey. Help!
12/26/2009 02:27:01 PM Report AbuseI made them today they are so good, next time I will try with lemon zest. They are moist and delicious, they will go with my best recipes. Thank you
12/15/2009 08:59:18 PM Report Abuse