Do you want to impress your loved ones with homemade cookies this holiday season? This recipe was my great grandmother’s and it’s a favorite in my family. If you like lofthouse sugar cookies, you will love this recipe for soft, chewy sugar cookies. Try it out and maybe you’ll have a new family favorite too!
“Grandma’s sugar cookies”
Ingredients
| Butter | 1 cup |
| Sugar | 1 1/2 cup |
| Eggs | 2 |
| Flour | 4 1/2 cup |
| Baking soda | 1 tsp |
| Baking powder | 1 tsp |
| Salt | 1 tsp |
| Nutmeg | 1tsp |
| Sour cream | 1 cup |
Instructions
Make the cookie dough
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. (Butter should be softened to room temperature.)
- In another bowl, add baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg to flour and mix.
- Slowly add both the flour mixture and sour cream (in small amounts at a time) to the creamed butter and sugar mixture.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill dough for 1-2 hours in the fridge.
Bake the cookies
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a a board (or the counter) covered with flour.
- Cut shapes with cookie cutters. (Tip: it helps to dip the cutters in a small bowl of flour first to get the perfect shape!)
- Move the cookie shapes to a nonstick baking sheet.
- Cookies can be sprinkled with colored sugar sprinkles before baking (or frosted with powdered sugar icing after cooled).
- Bake for 10 minutes, or until very slightly brown at the edges.
- Store in an airtight container and cookies will remain soft.
