Warm memories and melt-in-your-mouth goodness: Bake Grandma’s classic Cream Cookies with this easy recipe – perfect for holidays or anytime! Pass down the sweetness: Bake Grandma’s Cream Cookies, a family tradition for generations. From my Mamaw’s table to yours!
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Bake up a batch of sour cream cookies for the holidays! They go perfect in your cookie tins with these raspberry butter cookies, turtle magic bars, and chocolate peppermint bark cookies.
My all time favorite cookie is this one. I make them all year round but Christmas is when I yearn for them the most.I have lots of memories from our family making these cookies. What I do not have is the memory of ever making these with my Mamaw. These cookies are a staple in my holiday tradition. So much so that I whipped these up the day before I went to Italy just so I could share them with my Italian family and leave one out for Santa!
My holiday just would not have been the same without these. Over the years we have had so much fun with the kids gathering at my mom’s house to make these. The kids would gather around the card table to see who could make the biggest cookie or who add the most sprinkles.
Hope you have as much fun making these as we do!
HOW TO MAKE GRANDMA’S CREAM COOKIES
Ingredients:
Shortening: Gives these cookies a light color with crispier edges.
Sugar: Adds a touch of sweetness to the cookies.
Egg: This helps bind the cookies together.
Sour cream: Adds a slight tanginess to the cookie but helps keep the cookies moist.
Baking soda: This leavens the cookies to give them a little bit of a rise.
All-purpose flour: Gives these cookies a chewy, tender texture.
Sprinkles: Make these any color you’d like with sprinkles! The possibilities are endless!
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325. Prepare cookie sheet using parchment paper.
2. In mixer beat shortening and sugar. Add in egg and mix.
3. In separate small bowl dissolve baking soda into sour cream.
4. Alternate adding flour and sour cream into mixing bowl.
5. Incorporate all for a nice soft dough. Put on counter top.
6. Roll the dough out using more flour if needed so it is not sticky.
7. Use cookie cutters to make your favorite shapes.
8. Place on cookie sheet. Decorate with sprinkles.
9. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until edge of cookie is brown.
10. Cool and enjoy!
NOTES & STORAGE:
NOTES:
- These cookies can be cooked longer if you like a crunchy cookie, which my husband does so I make a tray just for him.
- If you want to decorate with frosting, don’t add sprinkles. Frosting can be added after the cookies are cooled.
- The original recipe is doubled but I always halve the recipe. The one listed above is the half recipe.
TO STORE:
- Store in airtight container on counter top for up to 1 week.
- Freeze cookies in airtight container for up to 3 months.
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Grandma’s Cream Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- sprinkles of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. Prepare cookie sheet using parchment paper.
- In mixer beat shortening and sugar. Add in egg and mix.
- In separate small bowl dissolve baking soda into sour cream.
- Alternate adding flour and sour cream into mixing bowl.
- Incorporate all for a nice soft dough. Put on counter top.
- Roll the dough out using more flour if needed so it is not sticky.
- Use cookie cutters to make your favorite shapes.
- Place on cookie sheet. Decorate with sprinkles.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until edge of cookie is brown.
- Cool and enjoy!
Notes
- These cookies can be cooked longer if you like a crunchy cookie, which my husband does so I make a tray just for him.
- If you want to decorate with frosting, don't add sprinkles. Frosting can be added after the cookies are cooled.
- The original recipe is doubled but I always halve the recipe. The one listed above is the half recipe.
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