Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies

Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies

50 Reviews

“This is a drop cookie. I have been making it for over 35 years. It is the first cookie I ever made!!!” - by Mellan Blount

Ingredients

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Adjust Servings

Original recipe yields 3 dozen

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Cream butter to consistency of mayonnaise. Add sugar gradually, while continuing to cream.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
  5. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream; beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
  6. Drop by teaspoons or tablespoons depending on the size cookie you want. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over the tops of the cookies. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (18 total)

  • Calories
  • 238 cal
  • 12%
  • Fat
  • 8.5 g
  • 13%
  • Carbs
  • 37.3 g
  • 12%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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TRICIA MULLINS
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TRICIA MULLINS

"It is a very good cookie to cut out and quick to bake. but i did find out something you kneed to sift the flour then measure it my dough was stick and i didn't have enough flour in the mixture. Other..." See more than that it is a good cookie and easy to do."

Aubrie
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Aubrie

"Wonderful recipe! My grandma made a similar recipe with buttermilk. This one is much more moist and tender. I used a cookie scoop so they took less time to cook. Around 6 minutes. Also just used ..." See moresanding sugars instead of cinnamon and sugar. Very good and yes cakelike. when I was a kid we called these type of cookies sugar cakes! Very yummy indeed!!!"

SHANNON STEVENS
26

SHANNON STEVENS

"This is one of the first cookies I made when I started baking as a young girl. It has been a tradition for Christmas every year. I have now passed it on to my daughter. I add a tsp of Nutmeg for an li..." See morettle added touch. My all time favorite."

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