Great Aunt Audrita'S Sour Cream Cookies (Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch cream of tartar
2 -3 cups flour (Amount may vary. Please see recipe description for explanation.)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar, shortening, sour cream and eggs.
Then stir into mixture the baking soda, nutmeg, vanilla, salt and cream of tartar. Do not add flour just yet.
Chill mixture 1-24 hours.
Gradually add flour to chilled mixture until dough is stiff enough to roll for cut-out cookies.
On a generously floured work surface, roll out dough a little at a time with a rolling pin dusted with flour until 1/2-inch thick.
Use flour-dipped cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Place cut-outs onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, making sure to space cookies two inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops of cookies are no longer shiny, and bottoms are lightly browned.
Cool on a wire rack.
Decorate with icing of your choice (optional) and store in an air-tight container.