Sour Cream Cut-out Cookies

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream together butter and sugar.
• 3 add the sour cream, egg and the vanilla; mix well.
• 4 stir in baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
• 5 gradually add flour until dough is too difficult to stir. mix the rest by hand.
• 6 turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick. use your favorite cookie cutters.
• 7 space cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
• 8 bake for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned at the edges.
• 9 cool completely on wire racks.
• 10 decorate with icing, colored sugar (if using colored sugar, sprinkle cookies before baking) or dip tops in melted chocolate.