Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

A frosted sour cream cookie on a spatula over a plate of cookies.

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Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies are soft, pillowy, and lightly sweet, just like mom or grandma made. Ready in less than 30 minutes! With a tender texture and nostalgic flavor, this easy, no-roll recipe is perfect for any occasion.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 157kcal

Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

Ingredients

2 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream
1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. You can use any size baking sheet, mine are 10" x 13."
In a medium-sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg and set aside.
In a mixing bowl combine the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Once blended, stir in the sour cream and milk.
Add the dry ingredients from the bowl. Stir to blend thoroughly.
Drop by large, rounded tablespoons full onto the parchment paper. The dough will be sticky. Lightly dampen your fingers with water and gently press the cookies into a 1-inch thick circle. The water keeps your fingers from sticking to the dough. A little water on top of the cookies is perfectly fine! Don't worry about making the cookies perfect circles. Just flatten them a little.
Optional: Combine 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and sprinkle the top of each cookie with cinnamon and sugar blend. This is a great topping option if you don't want to frost the cookies.
Bake for 10-11 minutes or until the center and edges of the cookies are set and no longer shiny. Check them at 9 minutes of baking.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and cool the cookies on the hot baking sheet for about 10 minutes, then use a spatula to lift them onto a cooling rack.
Frost the cookies using your favorite frosting (scroll down for buttercream frosting ingredients in the recipe notes) or dust each cookie with powdered sugar and enjoy!

Notes

The nutritional information below does not include topping ingredients.

Here's how to make a half batch of my buttercream frosting: blend ½ cup softened butter with 2 cups powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1-2 teaspoons half and half and a dash of salt. Combine the ingredients in a medium-sized bowl using a sturdy spoon or hand-held mixer. Blend the ingredients until you get the frosting consistency you'd like.

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