* Exported from MasterCook * Sour Cream Cookies
Recipe By : Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 c Sugar 1/4 c Margarine Or Butter Softened 1/4 c Shortening 1 Large Egg 1 t Vanilla 2 2/3 c Unbleached All-purpose Flour 1 t Baking Powder 1/2 t Baking Soda 1/2 t Salt 1/4 t Ground Nutmeg 1/2 c Dairy Sour Cream Decorator's Frosting Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Mix 1 cup sugar, the margarine, shortening egg and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients except frosting. Dived dough into 3 equal parts. Roll each part 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Cut into desired shapes with 2-inch cookie cutters; pipe with decorators' frosting. Place about 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until no indentation remains when touched, 6 to 8 minutes. Makes 4 to 5 dozen. DECORATORS' FROSTING: Mix 2 cups powdered sugar and 2 to 3 tablespoons water until frosting is of a consistency that can be used easily in a decorators' tube or envelope cone and yet hold its shape/ To make an envelope cone, place about 1/3 cup frosting in the corner of an envelope; fold sides toward center. Snip off corner ot make tip. VARIATIONS: Chocolate Sour Cream Cookies: Mix 1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate (cool) into 1 part of the dough. Coconut Sour Cream Cookies: Mix 1/4 cup cookie coconut into 1 part dough. Hand Cookies: Use the basic dough or any of the flavored variations. After rolling, trace around hand with knife or pastry wheel. Cut remaining dough into desired shapes. Makes About 6 hand cookies and 1 doz 2-inch cookies. Molded Sour Cream Cookies: Shape dough by tablespoonfuls into balls. Flatten on cookie sheet with greased bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Orange Sour Cream Cookies: Mix 1 T grated orange peel into 1 part dough. Peanut Butter Sour Cream Cookies: Mix 1 T creamy peanut butter into 1 part dough. originally posted to monthly recipe swap - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 331 Calories; 14g Fat (37.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 51g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 53mg Cholesterol; 564mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 Fat; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrates. Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/COOKIE-RECIPE/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/COOKIE-RECIPE/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/