My Favorite Sugar Cookies

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

1/2 Cup Butter

1 1/2 Cup White Sugar

2 Eggs

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 Tsp Almond Flavoring

3 1/2 Cups Flour

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1/2 Tsp. Soda

1/2 Cup Sour Cream

Cream together the butter and sugar.  Add the eggs, vanilla, almond flavoring and sour cream.  Mix thoroughly.  Measure in  separate bowl the dry ingredients.  Slowly fold in the dry ingredients into the creamed butter and sour cream mixture.  Cool dough for 2 hours.  Roll out on flour or powdered sugar to about 1/4 inch thick and cut with your favorite cookie cutters.  Bake at 425* for 4-6 minutes. Cool on wire rack or wax paper.  Ice and decorate.

I love making sugar cookies for Christmas and Easter, in fact if the mood strikes me right I love making cookies just about any time.  The best part of delicious cookies besides being made with love is the butter.  I use real dairy butter in the cookie (even sour cream) and butter and milk in the icing.  Below are my favorite recipes.  Be sure to try them out!  They are so delicious!

Mom's Favorite Cut Out Cookies

1 Cup White Sugar

1/2 Cup Shortening

1/2 Cup Butter

2 Eggs

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 Tsp Almond Flavoring

3 1/2 Cups Flour

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

Cream together sugar, shortening and butter.  Add eggs and flavorings.  Slowly fold in flour and baking powder.  Cool dough for at least 2 hours.  Roll out with powder sugar or flour at about 1/4 inch thick and cut with your favorite cookie cutters.  Bake at 375* for 10 minutes.  Cool on wire rack or wax paper.  Ice and decorate.

My Favorite Icing Recipe (makes roughly enough for a double batch of sugar cookies)

1 Pound bag of Powdered Sugar

2 Tsp Vanilla

1 Tsp Almond Flavoring

1 Stick of softened Butter

Milk to add to correct texture (roughly 1/2 cup)

Put softened butter and flavorings in a large mixing bowl.  Add powdered sugar.  Pour milk a few tablespoons at a time until the correct thickness is reached for icing and blend until smooth.  Dye according to your liking. 

Easter Cookie Deliciousness