Mothers Sour Cream Cookies Recipes

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together into a bowl.
• Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; blend in sour cream and lemon extract. Gradually stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is combined.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, about 3 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown around the edges, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over cookies; top with walnuts and raisins. Continue baking until bottoms of cookies begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two cookie sheets.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in sour cream, lemon extract, and vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture just until blended.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoons, 1 inch apart, on prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake until set and golden around edges, 10-12 minutes.
• Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; with wide spatula, transfer cookie to wire racks to cool completely.

GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

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.

M&M SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients, set aside.
• Cream margarine, and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add sour cream, egg and vanilla.
• Mix.
• Add in the flour mixture a little at a time until combined.
• Fold in the M&M's.
• Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes at 350.
• Cool on pan slightly then transfer to cooling rack.

MOM'S SOUTHERN CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and 2 cups sugar.
• Add eggs, vanilla, sour cream, lemon juice and lemon extract.
• Mix well.
• In separate bowl, mix flour with baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Drop from spoon onto greased cookie sheet.
• Grease bottom of small glass, dip into sugar and gently press cookie flat.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.