Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

Ingredients for cookies

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 3 cups flour
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1 cup sour cream
  
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped very finely
  

Ingredients for frosting

• 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• Pinch of salt
  
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  
• 2 heaping tablespoons sour cream
  
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped finely for sprinkling on top of the icing (optional)
  

1. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and the sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well. Add the vanilla and mix until fluffy.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
4. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternating with the sour cream. Begin and end with the flour.
5. Add in the walnuts and mix until combined.
6. Drop by the teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet or a cookie sheet lined with Silpat. Space them well apart as they will spread (I did 9 cookies per sheet and they were spaced well).
7. Bake for 10 minutes until they are a golden color.
8. While the cookies are baking, mix all of the frosting ingredients in a bowl.
9. While the cookies are still warm, spread a little frosting on each cookie and top with the chopped walnuts.