Southern Cream Cookies

By kmgulick

Grandma's favorite and most often made cookies.

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening – butter or margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 12 oz. package semi sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together to sprinkle on top of cookies: 3 T. sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and sour cream. Mix well.
Mix dry ingredients together and add with chips, to the shortening/sugar mixture.

Drop by heaping teaspoon on cookie sheet.
Dip a glass into softened butter and then into cinnamon sugar mix to flatten.
Bake at 350’ 12-15 minutes