Aunt Almas Sour Cream Date Cookies Recipes

AUNT GAIL'S SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Blend butter and sugar until creamy. Mix in eggs, and remaining ingredients. Sift in enough flour to make it easy to handle, usually 5 to 6 cups.
• 2. Roll out on floured surface, cut with choice of cookie cutter and bake at 350 degrees approx. 8 minutes. Don't over bake and they will stay soft until gone. Frost as you like.

AUNT LOU'S HERMIT COOKIES RECIPE CARD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, mix the spices. Add the nuts and dates. Set aside.
• Cream together the Crisco, white sugar and brown sugar with a stand mixer's beater blade until fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• Slowly beat in the flour until it is thoroughly mixed.
• Beat in the sour cream slowly.
• Add the eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Fold in the spice/nut mixture with the beater blade on slow speed.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and drop 1 Tbsp. balls.
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 min until just brown on the edges. Makes 36 cookies.

GREAT AUNT AUDRITA'S SOUR CREAM COOKIES (SUGAR COOKIE CUT-OUTS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar, shortening, sour cream and eggs.
• Then stir into mixture the baking soda, nutmeg, vanilla, salt and cream of tartar. Do not add flour just yet.
• Chill mixture 1-24 hours.
• Gradually add flour to chilled mixture until dough is stiff enough to roll for cut-out cookies.
• On a generously floured work surface, roll out dough a little at a time with a rolling pin dusted with flour until 1/2-inch thick.
• Use flour-dipped cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Place cut-outs onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, making sure to space cookies two inches apart.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops of cookies are no longer shiny, and bottoms are lightly browned.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Decorate with icing of your choice (optional) and store in an air-tight container.

AUNT ALMA'S SOUR CREAM DATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix well.
• Take a teaspoon of dough and roll it in sugar.
• Then place it on a cookie sheat.
• Bake at 375 tell golden brown.

AUNT THELMA'S PLAIN SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Blend sugar and butter until creamy, add 1 egg at a time.Mix good between each egg. Add flavoring,put in soda and sour cream. Alternate flour and sour cream, pour into a greased tube pan. Cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 325 degrees.

AUNT MARY'S OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, then the lemon juice.
• In another bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Gather dough into a ball, divide in half and pat into two disks. Chill for an hour or overnight.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface ¼ to ½ inch thick. Cut into shapes. Transfer cookies to a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. (Watch closely, you don't want them to get too brown.)
• Cool and paint with tinted icing and decorative sprinkles.