Sugar Cookies with sour cream and buttercream frosting
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas, Sugar Cookie
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Servings 24people
Calories 205kcal
Equipment
Electric Mixer
OVEN
Mixing Bowl, serving bowl , spatula
Ingredients
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
2 ¾cups all purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
½cupsour creamroom temperature
½cupbuttersoftened
1egg
1cupsugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract or pure vanilla
Buttercream Frosting
½cupbuttersoft
2cupspowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla
3-5Tbsp.milk or cream
food coloring
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt ) set aside .
In a separate bowl with an electric mixer cream together on low speed -sour cream and butter add sugar, eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined.
Gradually add flour mixture into wet mixture, mixing until well combined. Dough will be sticky.
Divide dough into 2 chunks , flatten and wrap in plastic wrap-chill for 1-2 hours (up to 3 days)
Pre-heat Oven to 350°
Line Baking sheets with parchment paper -
Flour your work are and unwrap your dough -starting in center of dough roll out towards edge -repeat until all is even around ¼ inch . Dip cookie cutter in flour and begin cutting- collect left over scraps ball together and reroll.
Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes until just starts brown on bottom -do not over cook if you want cookies to be soft
Transfer cookies to cooling rack cool completely and frost or decorate
Buttercream Frosting
In stand mixer or mixing bowl beat butter on high for 4-5 minutes
Turn mixer to low and slowly add powdered sugar and mix until completely mixed
Add milk and vanilla and turn mixer to medium for additional 5 minutes if too thick add additional milk
Divide frosting into multiple bowls and color desired colors