Great Aunt Audrita's Sour Cream Cookies (sugar Cookie Cut-outs)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 2 -3 cups flour (amount may vary. please see recipe description for explanation.)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar, shortening, sour cream and eggs.
• 3 then stir into mixture the baking soda, nutmeg, vanilla, salt and cream of tartar. do not add flour just yet.
• 4 chill mixture 1-24 hours.
• 5 gradually add flour to chilled mixture until dough is stiff enough to roll for cut-out cookies.
• 6 on a generously floured work surface, roll out dough a little at a time with a rolling pin dusted with flour until 1/2-inch thick.
• 7 use flour-dipped cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. place cut-outs onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, making sure to space cookies two inches apart.
• 8 bake for 10-12 minutes or until tops of cookies are no longer shiny, and bottoms are lightly browned.
• 9 cool on a wire rack.
• 10 decorate with icing of your choice (optional) and store in an air-tight container.