Old-Fashioned Soft Sour Cream Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. dairy sour cream
cinnamon and sugar

Preparation

Cream butter to consistency of mayonnaise; add sugar gradually while continuing to cream.
Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Measure and sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
For 3-inch cookies, drop by heaping teaspoons on well-greased cookie sheets well apart.
With spatula, flatten into circles about 2-inches in diameter.
For super size 5-inch cookies, use 1/4 cup measure of batter for each cookie. Flatten into circles 4-inches in diameter.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes.
Makes about 30 (3-inch) cookies or 18 (5-inch) cookies.