Miss Bee’s 17th birthday was on Sunday. Two things she said she wanted to do 1) go to the mall with us and 2) make sugar cookies. I took this plan and ran with it! I mean how many more years will I get the chance to have her undivided attention…
She asked me to find a cake like sugar cookie recipe so I went to Pinterest (why do I even bother to have 100 cookbooks…) and found this one from Eighteen25. The dough is pretty standard, but it does call for sour cream.
- FOR COOKIES
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 6 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- FOR FROSTING
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp almond extract
- ¼ cup milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs for 2 minutes.
- Then, add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Mixture will still be sticky.
- Cover and chill for 20-30 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour on your work surface and roll out dough to about ¼ inch thick. (Note: the less flour you use, the softer your cookies will be.)
- Bake 8-10 minutes.
- Frosting Instructions:
- Cream your butter until fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until well blended.
- Add remaining ingredients and beat on high until frosting is fluffy.
The dough rolls out beautifully and easily cuts into shapes.
Once baked, we tasted tested. Not a crispy cookie like my Old Fashioned Sugar Cookie recipe, but indeed more cake like as seen here…
The icing is buttery and next time I think I might use a cream cheese frosting recipe. I added red food coloring to tint the icing a dark pink.
And added sprinkles, because well, everything is better with sprinkles.
Check out my Pinterest board for other yummy cookie recipes. I hope your Valentine’s Day is sweet!
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.
