Brown Sugar Sour Cream Cookies
Soft, cake-like cookies made with brown sugar and sour cream for a perfectly tender texture. Add chocolate chips, walnuts or pecans, or dried fruit to customize these easy drop cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 stick, 113 grams butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups 224 grams all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions
- Prepare the Oven and Cookie Sheets: Heat the oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheets or line them with parchment paper.
- Make the Cookie Dough: In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter with the brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream, and vanilla. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt until well blended. Add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until well blended. Fold in the walnuts.
- Shape and Bake the Cookies: Drop the cookie dough by heaping teaspoon or small cookie scoop onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 3 inches between cookies. Bake for about 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Cool the Cookies: Remove the cookies to racks to cool completely.
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