I made this recipe yesterday my church's youth group last night. I found this on sisterscafe.blogspot.com. Another recipe site that I love! Everyone seemed to like them and they definitely were very soft! I didn't make the buttercream frosting, but I used the sugar gem's icing from their site.
I did not put in the almond extract in the cookies because well....I didn't have any. They tasted fine without it, but I think adding the almond favoring would make them more yummy! Also, I found out if you want white icing and you want to use vanilla flavoring...don't use the brown vanilla extract....find the clear kind! I wanted white icing, but it turned out light brown. So I added some food coloring to make it orange and that worked nicely!
Super Soft Sour Cream Sugar Cookies:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups flour
Cream together softened butter with sugar, sour cream and eggs. Add vanilla, almond extract, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Slowly add flour, 1 cup at a time. Dough should be sticky. Refrigerate one hour. Knead dough on floured board. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters. Bake for 9 to 12 minutes at 350. Frost with Buttercream Frosting.
Buttercream Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups butter
Sugar Gem Frosting
2-2 ½ cups powdered sugar
½ cup oil
2 tsp flavoring (almond, vanilla etc.)-sister's cafe prefers 1 tsp of almond
3-4 Tbsp milk
Coloring if wanted
Mix well and add a little more milk or powdered sugar to get the right consistency.
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