Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Blend dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternating with cour cream. Measure flour by dip level, pour method or by sifting.
• Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour to make easier to roll out.
• Roll dough out 1/4" thick on well-floured surface.
• Cut with 3-1/2" (9cm) round cookie cutter or other shapes.
• Place on baking sheet. Can sprinkle with colored baking sugar at this point or wait and frost when cookies have cooled down.
• Bake at 350F (175C) for 8-10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream sugar, shortening, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Mix in sour cream and lemon zest on low speed until no streaks of sour cream remain. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium-low just until there are no streaks of yolk, and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder all at once and mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are puffy and spring back when lightly touched with a finger, about 10 minutes. They should be light golden, with occasional spots of pale golden brown.

Steps:

• Combine baking soda and sour cream.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each.
• Blend in vanilla.
• Blend in sour cream and baking soda.
• Combine baking powder and flour and add to sour cream mixture.
• Refrigerate until easy to handle, usually at least an hour.
• Roll out dough about 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes.
• Bake at 325F(Note:temp varies or different ovens)for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.