Soft Sugar Cookie

"Cherished Recipes St. Mary of the Assumption Church"

Soft Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter or margarine (I use 1/2 butter, 1/2 Crisco for fluffier cookies)
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. baking powder
3.5 cups flour (5 cups if you're making rolled/cut out cookies)
1.5 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy.
In a small bowl, mix sour cream and baking soda.
Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with sour cream mixture to butter mixture.
Chill for at least 1 hour. Dough will be soft if making drop cookies, or stiff if making the 5 cup version.

If making drop cookie, drop onto greased cookie sheet from teaspoonfuls and bake at 350* for 10 to 12 minutes or until done.
If making the cut out cookie, roll dough to 1/4" thick and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake. Frost or decorate as desired.