Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

These are my FAVORITE sugar cookies of all time. I have been making these sugar cookies since I was a young girl thanks to my dad. These are his favorite! I love soft sugar cookies and the sour cream with the shortening makes these cookies super soft, almost like cake! Seriously they are the best if you are looking for soft sugar cookies.

What you'll need...

1 c. shortening

2 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

4 2/3 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 c. sour cream

Combine the shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix it up real nice til it looks pretty(light and fluffy).

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. After it's all mixed up, add to shortening and sugar mixture. Beat it until it's all combined. Add your sour cream and mix until you have a delicious looking cookie dough. You may need to add a litte more flour so it looks and feels right.

Next step...REFRIGERATE for 1 hour. I let mine refrigerate for 2 days because I didn't have time to make the actual cookies.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Once the dough has chilled you can start rolling out your cookies! Flour a surface and roll out so it's 1/4 inch thick. Use your favorite cookie cutter or glass cup like I did.

Use a spatula to put the cookies onto a cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Let cool then frost with your favorite frosting. I took the easy way out and used Betty Crocker cream cheese whipped frosting and let me say it sure is tasty! Enjoy!

Makes about 72 cookies. I froze half the cookie dough because we can't eat THAT many cookies in a few days at our house.