Awesome Sour Cream Sugar Cookies With Homemade Icing
This recipe was passed down through the generations from my great grandmother. it has been a tradition in our family to make them every christmas and it becomes an all-day event where we make cookies all morning and decorate them all afternoon. the recipe is pretty simple and the most time-consuming part of the process is decorating, especially when you're in my family and it becomes an artistic competition!!
Steps
Sift together flour , baking soda , and salt in bowl and set aside.
Cream butter sugar , egg and vanilla.
Beat 2 minutes.
Add sour cream and beat well.
Add dry ingredient mix and blend well.
Roll on floured board to desired thickness.
Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
Bake on greased cookie sheet at 325f for 12 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
Pour bag of confectioner sugar into bowl.
Whisk the 1 stick butter , 1 tbsp almond extract , and 1 / 2 can evaporated milk in separate bowl until well mixed.
Slowly blend into the powered sugar a bit at a time until the icing is a good consistency for decorating.
Will not take the entire mixture.
Pour icing into smaller bowls and use food coloring to make icing into different colors.
Decorate with icing as desired.
Use remaining butter , almond , evap.
Milk mixture to freshen up the icing as it hardens over time.
Re-heat the mixture in the microwave before adding to the icing.
Add to the .
Ingredients
flour, butter, baking soda, sugar, sour cream, salt, egg, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, almond extract, evaporated milk, food coloring, candy sprinkles