Spiced Sour Cream Cookies Recipes

SOUR CREAM SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Measure the flour after you have sifted it. Then, sift flour, soda, spices and salt together.
• 2. Cream shortening with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla.
• 3. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream in small amounts. End with flour. Mix well.
• 4. Drop from teaspoon onto greased baking sheets and bake in moderate oven (350 F) 12 minutes.

SPICED CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• In a very large bowl, beat the molasses, butter, sour cream and lemon juice until well blended. Combine the flour, brown sugar, spices, baking soda, lemon zest and salt; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well. Stir in the walnuts, raisins and candied peels. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 30 minutes., Divide dough into 4 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° until bottoms are lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., Combine frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies; decorate with cherries. Store in an airtight container.

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.

SOUR CREAM SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs and mix well Stir in vanilla.
• Dissolve baking soda into sour cream.
• Mix dry ingredients into the butter and egg mixture alternately add sour cream and flour mixture; mix well.
• Drop by teaspoonsfuls unto a greased baking sheet.
• Bake about 12 minutes.

ROLLED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the granulated sugar and butter until fluffy and pale. Add the eggs and mix until incorporated, then add in the vanilla and finally add the sour cream, mixing until well blended.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. With the mixer set to low speed, add the dry ingredients to the butter and mix until well combined. Chill in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
• Dust a clean surface with flour. Roll out the dough and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Place each on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Cool the cookies completely.
• For the frosting: In a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment, whip the butter until soft and creamy. Add the confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Cream together until fluffy. Spread the frosting over the cookies, about 2 heaping tablespoons per 3-inch cookie.

SPICED SOUR CREAM MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven 180oC/350oF. Grease and line cookies sheets with baking paper. Sift the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg and beat again. Add the sour cream and molasses and beat again. Add the sifted flour and spices and mix well with a spoon.
• Drop dessert-spoonfuls of mixture onto the prepared cookie sheets, allowing spreading room. Bake in the prepared oven for 13-15 minutes. Allow to cool completely on the cookie trays before removing them to an airer.