Mom's Sour Cream Drop Cookies (White Sugar Dough)

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  • Number of Servings: 76
Ingredients
Cookies:1 cup Shortening3 cup Granulated Sugar4 large Eggs2 cup Sour Cream, 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 5 1/2 cup flour, unbleached all-purpose 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp Baking Powder Icing (Optional)1/2 cup Butter, unsalted3 fl oz Milk (6 Tblspn) 1 lb Powdered Sugar2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Mix together Shortening, Sugar and Eggs. Stir in Sour Cream and Vanilla. Sift together Flour, Baking Soda & Baking Powder and stir in.
Chill dough for at least 1 hour.

Drop dough by large scoop (~2 tblspn) on ungreased cookie sheet or silpat. Bake 8-10 minutes until lightly browned on top.

Icing (optional):
In a saucepan, bring butter and milk to a boil. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar, vanilla. When frosting is cool, spread on cookies

Full recipe makes ~ 6 Doz+ large (`3") cookies. Recipe can easily be halved. Nutritional information is for large cookies with frosting.



Number of Servings: 76

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MLHALF.

Servings Per Recipe: 76
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 135.9
  • Total Fat: 5.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 18.7 mg
  • Sodium: 30.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 20.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g

Member Reviews
  • 1RETSGM
    Very Good - 2/15/19
  • NELLJONES
    Not low cal, but good. I used unsalted butter rather than shortening to get a softer crumb. - 12/10/18
  • DMEYER4
    awesome Love this recipe - 11/30/18
  • RAPUNZEL53
    Will make. - 9/22/18
  • DEE107
    thanks sounds yummy - 9/18/18
  • AJB121299
    yummy - 4/20/18
  • CD13318760
    Everyone was surprised to hear the NAME of the cookie... they ranted about how great they were... sometimes ya have to let them TRY before you reveal the ingrediants.... LOL - 11/9/14