Sour Cream Cookies

Name: Sour Cream Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened; 2 large eggs; Two cups of sugar; Four cups of flour; One teaspoon we had just enough vanilla

Soft, cakey drop cookies with a tender sour-cream crumb and lightly golden edges.

Total time

25 min

Serves

24

Difficulty

Medium

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The pantry

kitchen

Essentials · serves 24

1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened 2 large eggs Two cups of sugar Four cups of flour One teaspoon we had just enough vanilla

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The preparation

8 steps, about 25 minutes start to finish.

01
Cream butter and sugar together
02
Add eggs and vanilla
03
Mix baking soda into sour cream
04
Combine wet ingredients
05
Gradually add flour
06
Mix until just combined
07
Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet
08
Bake until edges are golden

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“Mix the dough just until the flour disappears, since overworking it makes these soft, cakey cookies turn tough. Pull them when the edges are barely golden and the tops still look pale, because they are meant to stay tender rather than crisp.”

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