Awesome Sour Cream Sugar Cookies With Homemade Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) bag powdered sugar (equivalent of 2 boxes)
• 1/2 cup butter (do not use margarine)
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 0.5 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• food coloring
• candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 sift together flour, baking soda, and salt in bowl and set aside.
• 2 cream butter sugar, egg and vanilla. beat 2 minutes.
• 3 add sour cream and beat well.
• 4 add dry ingredient mix (flour, baking soda, and salt) and blend well.
• 5 roll on floured board to desired thickness. (1/4 inch thick will create thick cookies that will stay moist for up to two weeks).
• 6 cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
• 7 bake on greased cookie sheet at 325°f for 12 minutes.
• 8 allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
• 9 pour bag of confectioner sugar into bowl.
• 10 whisk the 1 stick butter (melted), 1 tbsp almond extract, and 1/2 can evaporated milk in separate bowl until well mixed.
• 11 slowly blend into the powered sugar a bit at a time until the icing is a good consistency for decorating. will not take the entire mixture.
• 12 pour icing into smaller bowls and use food coloring to make icing into different colors.
• 13 decorate with icing as desired.
• 14 use remaining butter, almond, evap.milk mixture to freshen up the icing as it hardens over time. re-heat the mixture in the microwave before adding to the icing. add to the icing a few drops at a time until the icing becomes spreadable again. you may have to add more food coloring to freshen up the color.
• 15 use sprinkles, candy, and a lot of imagination to decorate cookies.
• 16 lay decorated cookies on wax paper to dry, it will take icing about 2 hours to firm onto cookie but once dry you can store them in an airtight container.