Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies
Author Notes: There is one story I always have been told about my great grandmother Minnie. Whenever my mom and my aunt would visit she would always make them cookies. Not just "hey lets have a snack cookies" or "here are some cookies for dessert" cookies. No, she made them cookies for breakfast. How awesome was she? Every visit she would make two types of cookies; her Chocolate Chip Cookies and her Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies.
I've been eating the chocolate chip cookies as long as I can remember but I had never had the sour cream ones before. I tried them and just had to share my great grandmother's recipe.
—Dabblings
Food52 Review: Supple and light, these cookies are every bit as demure as freshly baked drop scones—until they hit you with a sucker punch of sweet frosting. It's an addictive combination. To keep your sugar high in check, make sure to dust them generously with chopped walnuts, and add a very healthy pinch of salt to the frosting. —Kukharka
Makes six dozen
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)
- Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
- 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.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternating with the sour cream. Begin and end with the flour.
- Add in the walnuts and mix until combined.
- 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).
- Bake for 10 minutes until they are a golden color.
- While the cookies are baking, mix all of the frosting ingredients in a bowl.
- While the cookies are still warm, spread a little frosting on each cookie and top with the chopped walnuts.
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- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Confection
11 months ago Yogicfioodie
Hi, I made these lovelies last night and could not be happier with the result. I didn't have any walnut on hand, so used toasted pecan pieces instead... pulsed a few times in the processor. Hands down, these are the best cookies I made this year. Thank you for sharing.
over 3 years ago Clatterbuck
I took these to a Church potluck today. Everyone loved them. They are now my favorite cookies. Thank you for this recipe.
over 4 years ago fortyniner
First batch out of oven, amazing! Substituted chopped macadamias for walnuts, plus used wholemeal flour. Was a bit dubious at the texture as I was making them, as I am used to cookie dough being a lot firmer, but need not have worried they are absolutely delish! Thanks for great recipe.
over 4 years ago Dabblings
I'm so glad you liked them :) I'm sure my great grandmother is beaming right now.
almost 5 years ago maymay
Made these cookies tonight. They have a very comforting flavor and texture. Would like to add orange zest to the frosting next time.
almost 5 years ago Dabblings
That's a great idea!
almost 5 years ago chava
No way 2 tablespoons of walnuts, no matter how finely you chop them,are going to stretch to the tops of 6 dozen cookies!
chavany
almost 5 years ago Dabblings
Hey I just wanted to make sure that you read the recipe right. It should say 1/2 a cup of chopped walnuts for the topping, not 2 tablespoons. Is it possible that you just got mixed up with the 2 tablespoons of sourcream for the frosting? I do that all the time.
almost 5 years ago jenniebgood
Ditto - I am not seeing the directions or frosting ingredients either.
almost 5 years ago Phoenix Helix
How strange. The recipe is showing the cookie ingredients twice, but no directions or frosting ingredients. I assume the recipe was posted in full originally, since Kukharka was able to test them?