Big Soft Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup coarse sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease large cookie sheets.
• 3 in medium bowl, mix first 4 ingredients until well combined; set aside.
• 4 in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, cream butter and 1 cup of the granulated sugar until light and fluffy. beat in sour cream, eggs and vanilla.
• 5 beat in half the flour mixture until just combined. stir in remaining flour mixture with a spoon (dough will be very soft). spoon dough by heaping tablespoons on prepared baking sheets about 3 inches apart, making about 24 cookies.
• 6 butter the base of a flat bottomed glass that about 3 inches wide. dip bottom of glass into the remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar. use sugared glass to flatten cookies into 3 inch rounds, coating bottom of glass with sugar each time.
• 7 sprinkle cookies with some coarse sugar.
• 8 bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly pressed. (cookies will be very light in color).
• 9 immediately remove to racks to cool.