Grandma Lulu's Sour Cream Cookies

These were my favorite cookies as a child. Grandma always had a fresh batch ready and waiting for our visits. Unfortunately, she didn't write the recipe down, but after many yummy iterations, this is as close as I can get. Drizzle cookies with sugar cookie glaze.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 74 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ cup water
• 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• ½ cup shortening, at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.

Step 2

Beat shortening and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat 1 egg into the shortening mixture until completely blended. Add the second egg and vanilla to shortening mixture; beat to combine.

Step 3

Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl; beat into the shortening mixture in small amounts, alternately with the sour cream. Blend water into the dough.

Step 4

Drop dough by tablespoonful onto prepared baking sheets.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.