Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 2/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• 2 blend dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternating with cour cream. measure flour by dip level, pour method or by sifting.
• 3 refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour to make easier to roll out.
• 4 roll dough out 1/4" thick on well-floured surface.
• 5 cut with 3-1/2" (9cm) round cookie cutter or other shapes.
• 6 place on baking sheet. can sprinkle with colored baking sugar at this point or wait and frost when cookies have cooled down.
• 7 bake at 350f (175c) for 8-10 minutes.