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Name: Grandma's Sour Cream Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: not set
Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup shortening (I use Crisco Butter Flavored); 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 cup sour cream; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 4 cups flour + 2 tablespoons; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1/4 cup butter melted; 1 egg white; 1 teaspoon vanilla

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INGREDIENTS

COOKIES
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup shortening ; (I use Crisco Butter Flavored)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda ; in 1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups flour ; + 2 tablespoons
ICING
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter ; melted
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla

Servings

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Cream the sugar and the shortening together.

3. Add the eggs one at a time.

4. Add vanilla

5. Add soda/sour cream mixture and mix.

6. Add salt to flour. Mix.

7. Add flour/salt mixture. Mix well.

6. Spoon by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with slightly dampened cloth fastened to bottom of a glass with a rubberband.

7. Bake for 14 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cookies should be puffy and light brown on bottom. Do not over-bake. Adjust your cooking time appropriately, if necessary.

(I use ungreased cookie sheets, but mine are non-stick. If yours are not non-stick, experiment with one or two cookies first.)

ICING

Add all ingredients together and Grandma says "Beat, Beat, Beat"

Spread icing on cooled cookies

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Grandma's Sour Cream Cookies

COOKIES
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup shortening (I use Crisco Butter Flavored)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups flour + 2 tablespoons
 ICING
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter melted
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2.  Cream the sugar and the shortening together.
3.  Add the eggs one at a time.
4.  Add vanilla
5.  Add soda/sour cream mixture and mix.
6.  Add salt to flour. Mix.
7.  Add flour/salt mixture.  Mix well.
6.  Spoon by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with slightly dampened cloth fastened to bottom of a glass with a rubberband.
7. Bake for 14 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cookies should be puffy and light brown on bottom. Do not over-bake.  Adjust your cooking time appropriately, if necessary.
(I use ungreased cookie sheets, but mine are non-stick. If yours are not non-stick, experiment with one or two cookies first.)

ICING

Add all ingredients together and Grandma  says "Beat, Beat, Beat"
Spread icing on cooled cookies

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With almond flavored piped icing
jenestra

Nutrition

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (38g)
Recipe Makes: 48 Servings

Calories: 140
Calories from Fat: 84 (60%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 9.3g	12 %
	Saturated Fat 5.1g	25 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 3g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 0.6g
Cholesterol 29.7mg		9 %
Sodium 44.8mg		2 %
Potassium 16.9mg		0 %
Total Carbohydrate 14g		4 %
	Dietary Fiber 0g	0 %
	Sugars, other 14g
Protein 0.6g		1 %
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jenestra

Terrific cookie. Not too sweet, which can be dangerous because it's very difficult to stop eating them. They taste great even without the icing. I've made this recipe twice so far. The first time, I used vanilla in the icing: the second time, I used almond extract, which I preferred.

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jenestra 8y

Additional info: I prefer a slightly smaller cookie so I drop these using the small size Pampered Chef cookie scoop. This increases the yield to about 80 cookies. In addition to using almond extract, I like piping the icing onto the cookies, which requires thinning it out a little. I add 2-3 tsp of water or milk, 1 at a time until I like the consistency. Then, it's easier to scoop into a piping bag and decorate however I want to, usually with a simple zig zag design.