sour cream sugar cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• cookies:
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• frosting:
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 25 mins


• beat white sugar and 1 cup butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. beat sour cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into butter mixture.
• stir flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. add flour mixture to sour cream mixture and stir well. cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• roll cookie dough out on a floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. cut into 3-inch round cookies and place prepared baking sheets.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookies spring back when lightly touched in the center, 10 to 12 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• beat 1/3 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. spread frosting over cooled cookies.