Best Sour Cream Drop Cookies Recipes

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GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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This recipe was on a card tucked into my mom's recipe box; it's pretty similar to a number of variations that seem to be from the 1930s. A note said "flavor with whatever you like" and of all the flavors I played around with, I thought lemon zest balanced the sweet dough the best. These bake up into tender little cakes that make a great base for whoopie pies. Once baked, they freeze well (thaw for an hour or so on the counter to eat), but start losing their tenderness after more than one day at room temperature.

Provided by Jill Lightner

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 25m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 ⅓ cups white sugar
¼ cup shortening
¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup full-fat sour cream
1 large lemon, zested
2 large eggs
3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 167.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 24.8 mg, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 115.6 mg, Sugar 11.2 g

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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This heirloom cookie was originally made with homemade sour cream stored in a crock in the basement. The dough for drop cookies is soft enough to drop from a spoon. Use an ordinary teaspoon rather than a measuring spoon. Use slightly rounded spoonfuls rather than level ones. Push the dough off the spoon with a rubber spatula or another spoon. Make the drops all the same size so they will bake evenly. Bake them just until done. Remove immediately from baking sheet. If cookies are left for only a few minutes on a hot sheet, they will continue to bake and will be overdone and dry.

Provided by Olha7397

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 18m

Yield 5 1/2 doz

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup butter or 1 cup regular margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
sugar

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.
  • Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 802.9, Fat 40, SaturatedFat 24.3, Cholesterol 167.2, Sodium 763.9, Carbohydrate 103.3, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 55.5, Protein 9.5

LOW-CARB SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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These are lovely, soft cookies! On a diet, the hardest thing for me is not being able to have sweets. So I've been re-vamping some of my recipes to make them low-carb with the substitution of almond flour and Truvia for flour and sugar.

Provided by Barbara Heckenlively

Categories     Cookies

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 c fat free sour cream
3 eggs
4 drops of yellow food coloring
3 tsp lemon extract
1 c granulated truvia artificial sweetner
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 oz pkg. of finely crushed pork rinds
6 c almond flour
1/2 c sliced almonds

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Move rack to top of the oven. Combine first four ingredients and mix well. Then add the next five ingredients and mix. Add flour and rinds last. Mix well. Mixture should be the consistency of very thick oatmeal.
  • 2. Allow mixture to sit for about 15 minutes to thicken. Stir and drop by tablespoonfuls onto a non-stick cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. A non-stick or teflon baking sheet is very important as the cookies are soft and cake-like and could stick and break apart while removing on any other type of cookie sheet.
  • 3. Bake for about 9 minutes. Cookies will look very light on the top, almost like they are not set. But if the bottoms are a little brown around the edges, remove from the oven. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then carefully remove from cookie sheet.
  • 4. I used lemon extract, but you could experiment with vanilla or other flavorings. If you're not dieting, you can use your imagination and try adding one of the following: lemon frosting, coconut, raisins, nuts, cranberries, baking chips, cut up dried apricots .. etc.

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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Another family recipe. Very good! You have to watch these cookies closely, as they tend to burn easily, as well as stick to your cookie sheet.

Provided by Stephanie Molzhon @iluvtrack

Categories     Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 - squares chocolate, melted (or 1/2 c. cocoa powder and 1 1/2 tsp shortening)
1 3/4 cup(s) flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
2/3 cup(s) butter or margarine
1 1/3 cup(s) sugar
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 - egg
1/2 cup(s) sour cream

Steps:

  • Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and sour cream. Then add either melted chocolate or cocoa powder and shortening
  • Mix dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt) and add to wet ingredients. Mix well.
  • Drop by spoonfuls (or cookie scoops, if you've got one) on to a cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 400 for 7 min. Watch carefully, it may take less time in your oven. Let rest for 1 min. Remove to wire rack and cool. NOTE: These like to stick to the pan, and can burn very quickly if you aren't paying attention. Any ideas on how to help them not stick? I tried wax paper (didn't have any parchment paper) and all they did was stick to that and my oven got smoked up.

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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Tried for years to duplicate my nana's recipe. I was a bit skeptical about the lemon extract but it is what it needed!

Provided by jamesmaz

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 27m

Yield 33

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 ¾ cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
½ cup sour cream
½ teaspoon lemon extract
1 tablespoon white sugar
¼ cup chopped walnuts, or to taste
¼ cup raisins, or to taste

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 145.8 calories, Carbohydrate 18.8 g, Cholesterol 27.6 mg, Fat 7.3 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.2 g, Sodium 122.5 mg, Sugar 10.3 g

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES



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Categories     Egg

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients:
For the cookies:
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Directions: Cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla together until well incorporated. Add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until combined throughouly. Chill the dough at least one hour before baking. Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon, scoop the dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchement paper. Bake the cookeis at 400 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. The cookies are done when they begin to brown on the bottom, although they may appear underdone on the top. Let cool before frosting.

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES RECIPE



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These easy drop cookies have a hint of lemon extract and nutmeg.

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, or to taste (optional)
1/4 cup raisins, or to taste (optional)

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.

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