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Delicious Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting made approachable with clear cues, pantry staples, and flexible swaps.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup butter softened (for frosting)
  • 4 oz. cream cheese
  • 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for frosting

Instructions

  • Cream the butter and sugar together.
  • Add eggs and vanilla extract.
  • Sift together dry ingredients.
  • Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients.
  • Chill the dough.
  • Preheat the oven and prepare baking sheets.
  • Roll out the cookies and cut shapes.
  • Bake the cookies.
  • Cool the cookies.
  • Make the cream cheese frosting.
  • Frost the cooled cookies.