Soft Sugar Cookies




Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Dough
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 3 cups flour

Cream Cheese Icing
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 4 oz. cream cheese
  • 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
Sugar Cookie Dough
  1. Sift together baking soda, salt, baking powder, and flour.  Set aside. 
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat for about 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat for another 3 minutes.  
  3. Add flour alternately with sour cream in three additions. Beginning and ending with flour.  Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or 8 hours. 
  4. When ready to use, remove dough from refrigerator and divide in half. Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, cut into desired shapes. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 8-10 minutes or until just barely beginning to brown around the edges. Makes about 2 dozen cookies

Cream Cheese Icing
  1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese.   Add vanilla and powdered sugar until well blended.



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