Our Softest Sugar Cookies

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Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what soft sugar cookies are made of. Sour cream is the ingredient to thank for these pillowy confections.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

1 hr 27 min

servings

total:

4 doz. or 48 servings, 1 cookie each

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What You Need

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

tsp. baking soda

cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1-1/2

cups granulated sugar

eggs

tsp. ground nutmeg

tsp. vanilla

cups flour

1-1/2

cups powdered sugar

Tbsp. milk

Make It

MIX sour cream and baking soda; set aside. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs; mix well. Blend in nutmeg, vanilla and sour cream mixture. Gradually add flour, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate 30 min.

HEAT oven to 350ºF. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min. or just until centers are set and edges are lightly browned. Let stand on baking sheets 3 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

MIX powdered sugar and milk until well blended; spread onto cookies. Let stand until frosting is firm.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Special Extra

Tint frosting with food coloring before spreading onto cooled cookies. For added color, immediately sprinkle with colored sugar; let stand until frosting is firm.

Use Butter in Cookie Recipes

For best results, do not substitute margarine for the butter in cookie recipes as it will cause the dough to spread excessively on the baking sheet as the cookies bake.

How to Measure Dry Ingredients Precisely

To get exact level cup measures of dry ingredients, such as sugar, spoon sugar into dry metal or plastic measuring cup, then level by scraping excess sugar from top of cup with a straight-edged knife or metal spatula.

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*SuPeR GiRL*

posted:7/30/2010

They were alright... the cookies themselves are bland, and the frosting(powdered sugar and milk mixture listed) is way too sweet, and I love sweet foods. Not my favorite by far.

tillyfatcat

posted:2/14/2010

Very good. I omitted the nutmeg. Added 1/2 tsp. salt & doubled the vanilla. Kids loved them!

Ginny-7

posted:1/2/2010

This a wonderful Recipe great Cookies

a cook

posted:12/15/2009

It tasted really weird with the nutmeg included.

clw5472

posted:12/13/2009

We loved it, I put almond extract instead of the vanilla, and teas. salt, they were so good I wondered if there was going to be any left to frost!!:)

a cook

posted:12/12/2009

This recipe is easy to make and the cookies are very soft because of the sour cream. I used food coloring to make green and red frosting which made my cookies look very festive. I stores my cookies in a tin and they stayed soft. I was very pleased.

a cook

posted:12/11/2009

This kind of cookie always has fans-I'll make them again,with my changes. I added 1/2 tsp salt and omitted the nutmeg. In my opinion 2 tsp nutmeg is excessive for 4 c flour. I'd have rated this higher if 1/2 tsp salt was included in the list. I've noticed that many online recipes omit salt. Without it, foods taste flat,whether the recipe is sweet or savory.

Kate1056

posted:12/9/2009

These cookies were a hit with my family. The nutmeg flavor was a nice change compared to the usual sugar cookie. I will definately make these again.

a cook

posted:12/6/2009

Terrible! Tasted like they were missing something. Would never make these again!