Soft & Fluffy Sugar Cookies
 
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This soft and fluffy sugar cookie recipe is an old-fashioned recipe made with butter and sour cream. Frosted with homemade buttercream frosting, you can tint the icing to the occasion!
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Recipe type: Cookies
Serves: 20- 24
Ingredients
  • For the Cookies:
  • 8 ounces softened butter (2 sticks)
  • 7 ounces white granulated sugar (1 cup)
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 ounces sour cream (1/4 cup)
  • 12 ounces Cake Flour (3 cups)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • For the Frosting:
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla
  • milk or water as needed to thin for frosting (about 4 TBL)
  • food coloring & sprinkles as desired
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
  4. Mix dry ingredients of cake flour, baking powder and salt together and add to batter alternating with the sour cream until combined.
  5. Cover bowl and chill for 30 minutes.
  6. Using a cookie or ice cream scoop, portion cookies and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Using your hand or the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar, press down slightly.
  7. Bake in oven for 9 minutes, rotate cookie sheet and bake additional 3 minutes. Cookies will remain pale.
  8. Cool and frost with icing in your desired colors. Sprinkle as you like!
  9. FROSTING
  10. Beat melted butter with powdered sugar and add vanilla and milk (approximately 4 Tablespoons but add 1 TBL at a time and only add as needed.) Beat until creamy.
Recipe by Country Cupboard Cookies at https://countrycupboardcookies.com/soft-fluffy-sugar-cookies/