Best Nutmeg Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipes

BEST SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Divide dough in half. Shape one half into a 5-in.-long roll. Wrap in plastic; place in a resealable plastic freezer bag. May be frozen for up to 3 months. Cover and refrigerate remaining dough for 1 hour or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with colored sugar or sprinkles if desired., Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., To use frozen cookie dough: Remove dough from the freezer 1 hour before baking. Unwrap and cut into 12 slices. Place 1 in. apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with colored sugar or sprinkles if desired., Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES I

Steps:

• Cream together 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and eggs. Add sour cream.
• Mix together 5 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder and baking soda. Gradually add to the egg-sugar mixture.
• Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll out on lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 10 - 12 minutes.
• To Make Frosting: In small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat together the softened cream cheese and evaporated milk until smooth. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon salt and confectioners' sugar. Beat until well blended. Color as desired and frost cooled cookies.

SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. , Place 1 in. apart on baking sheets lightly coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.

BETTY'S SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla thoroughly in a large bowl Blend the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg all together in another bowl.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternating with sour cream. It will be somewhat stiff at end.
• Divide dough and roll out 1/4 inch thick on well floured surface.
• Cut with 2" cutter and place on greased cookie sheets.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 425°F for 8-10 minutes, or till lightly browned.Depending on the size of the cookie you may need to adjust the baking time. Also be sure and clean off the excess sugar after each batch or will burn onto sheet,and burn bottom of cookies with high heat baking.

NUTMEG-SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Whisk flour, baking powder, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in large bowl. 2. Beat sugar and butter in large bowl at medium speed 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in sour cream, egg and vanilla just until smooth. (Dough may look curdled.) At low speed, beat in flour mixture just until blended. 3. Warp dough in plastic wrap; shape into flat round. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, 3 hours or up to 2 days. (Dough can be made one month ahead and frozen.) 4. Heat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Work with 1 piece at a time, keeping remaining dough refrigerated. 5. On lightly floured surface, roll dough to between 1/8-and-1/4 inch thickness. Cut out with 3-inch cookie cutters; place 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Sprinkle with coarse sparkling sugar. 6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown and centers are pale golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. (Cookies can be made 3 days ahead and stored at room temperature in an airtight container, or 1 month ahead and frozen.)

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; set aside.
• Cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and lemon extract.
• Gradually stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture, blending well. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls, about 3 inches apart, on greased baking sheets. Sprinkle each with sugar.
• Bake in 375°F oven 8 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks. Makes 5 1/2 dozen.
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SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES IV

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Dough will be light and sticky. Cover or wrap dough and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until cookies turn a very light brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.