The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe EVER

Growing up, we always thought our mom made the best sugar cookies. Then, one day she came back from a baby shower with a sugar cookie that was given as a party favor. She raved about how good it was, so we all cut off a bite so we could see what she was so excited about. That was the first time we thought someone out there made better sugar cookies than our mom! We decided to search for sugar cookie recipes online, and found one that had sour cream in it. We realized that might be the secret ingredient. We tried it, and it was a winnner! It was just like the one from the shower - only better! Since then, we've used this recipe to make hundreds, if not thousands of sugar cookies for many occasions.

*It's been awhile since we've found this recipe, but we're pretty sure it was from allrecipes.com.

Sugar Cookies

4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt (opt.)
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 ½ cup white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup sour cream

Sift flour, powder, soda, salt – set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter & sugar. Beat in egg, sour cream, & vanilla. Add sifted ingredients. Wrap dough and chill overnight (or for a few hours).

Roll out dough, making cookies ¼ inch thick.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Makes about 3-4 dozen.


For the frosting, we just use the recipe on the back of the C&H Powdered Sugar box:

5 Minute Buttercream Frosting

1 lb. box of C&H Pure Cane Powdered Sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 stick salted butter, softened (we usually use less than this)