Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

By cook_kjacook_kja

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 C sifted all-purpose Flour
• 1 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1/3 Tsp Salt
• 1/2 C (1 stick) Butter, softened
• 1 C Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla or 1 Tsp Nutmeg
• 1/3 C thick Sour Cream

Preparation

Step 1

Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.

Combine in a large bowl of an electric mixture the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla (or nutmeg). Beat on #7 speed (medium-high) for 2 minutes. Stop mixer.

Add sour cream and then the flour mixture gradually while beating on #3 (medium-low) speed for about 2 minutes. Scrap bowl as necessary.

Heat oven to 400o. Roll out dough on lightly floured board to 1/4" thickness. Sprinkle with sugar; roll in lightly, cut with floured cookie cutter, place on greased cookie sheets. Bake about 12 minutes, until golden brown, cool on wire racks.

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen.