Best 7 Sour Cream Softies Recipes

SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together into a bowl.
• Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; blend in sour cream and lemon extract. Gradually stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is combined.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons, about 3 inches apart, onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown around the edges, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over cookies; top with walnuts and raisins. Continue baking until bottoms of cookies begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream sugar, shortening, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Mix in sour cream and lemon zest on low speed until no streaks of sour cream remain. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium-low just until there are no streaks of yolk, and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder all at once and mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are puffy and spring back when lightly touched with a finger, about 10 minutes. They should be light golden, with occasional spots of pale golden brown.

SOUR CREAM DROPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the egg, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Chill for at least 1 hour. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 425° for 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, melt butter in a saucepan until golden brown; stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough water to reach a spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies.

OLD FASHIONED SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. You can use a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large bowl and electric hand mixer.
• Add the sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well, stopping to scrape the bottom and sides of your bowl, to incorporate ingredients until smooth.
• Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and beat on low until dry ingredients are combined.
• The dough will be very soft and this is what we're looking for. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Portion cookies using a tablespoon or cookie scoop. Portion cookies and roll into a ball between hands. Add cookie balls to a greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 11-12 minutes until the center is set and the edges are just starting to turn a light golden brown.
• Cream the butter in a large bowl using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer.
• Add the powdered sugar and mix on low-speed until all of the sugar is combined.
• Add in milk, 1 Tbsp at a time and vanilla extract to reach desired consistency.

SOUR CREAM SOFTIES

Steps:

• 1. Measure flour, salt, baking powder and soda. Cream butter with sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift in flour mixture; adding alternately with sour cream and blending well to make a think batter.
• 2. Drop by medium tablespoonfuls 4" apart, on greased cookie sheet. Spread into 2" rounds. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• 3. Bake in 400 degree oven for 12 minutes or until likely golden around edges. Cool completely on wire racks.

SOUR CREAM CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a well-floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets., Bake 10-12 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread over cookies.

SOUR CREAM SOFTIES

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar. beat in eggs and vanilla. alternately add flour mixture and sour cream, blending well to make a thick batter. chill 2 hours. drop by rounded tsps into sugar and cinnamon mixture. bake 12 mins at 400 until lightly golden around edges.