It seems a little Scrooge-y and Grinch-like to skip out on a classic old fashioned sugar cookie during the Holiday season.
Enter Grandma Schmitt’s (Bob and Ed’s mother) infamous sugar cookie recipe! She was a very talented woman in the kitchen, but this recipe might just be her best. It is something our family will cherish for generations to come and hopefully you will too.
ENJOY!
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup butter
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 t. vanilla
- 4 cups flour (+ a little additional for rolling)
- 1 t. baking powder
- 1 t. baking soda
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- Granulated sugar for sprinkling
DIRECTIONS:
- Cream together the sugar and butter and then mix with beater. Add 1 t. of vanilla and 2 beaten eggs – beat with beater again.
- Measure 4 cups flour before sifting. Add 1 t. baking powder and 1 t. baking soda into flour mixture.
- Measure 3/4 cup sour cream. Add alternately with flour mixture and butter mixture. Beat after each addition with spoon.
- Add enough sifted flour to make stiff batter that will be easy to roll out. It may take as much as 1 cup of additional flour.
- Chill dough for several hours, until easy to handle.
- Roll out on floured board, sprinkle with granulated sugar, cut out in desired shapes.
- Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for a few minutes and take off of cookie sheet to cool.
- Then EAT & EAT & EAT!