The Best Soft And Chewy Sugar Cookies You Will Ever Make!! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup sour cream
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon almond extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortning. Add sour cream, eggs, and almond/vanilla. Mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add to creamed mixture until well blended. Remember, the more you mix, the tougher your dough will be.
Chill for a few hours (at least 3-4). The dough will be soft and slightly sticky.
Roll out (I use a floured pastry cloth), and cut with a cookie cutter. Flour cutter between each cookie to prevent sticking.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cookies shouldn't be brown, just done to the touch.
FROSTING- See ingredients below.
2 lbs. powdered sugar 1 cup shortening 1/2 cup water 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.
Just mix ingredients until smooth.