Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream
6 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

Nutrition Info

237.5 calories
carbohydrate: 37.3 g
cholesterol: 39.8 mg
fat: 8.5 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 3.3 g
saturatedFat: 5.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 229 mg
sugar: 16.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. Cream butter to consistency of mayonnaise. Add sugar gradually, while continuing to cream.

  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.

  4. In a separate bowl, mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

  5. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

  6. Drop by teaspoons or tablespoons depending on the size cookie you want. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over the tops of the cookies. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

This is a drop cookie. I have been making it for over 35 years. It is the first cookie I ever made!!!

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