Sour Cream Sugar Cookies in Candy Cane Sprinkles

This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe... well one of them! This one is really easy and always taste great.

Mix together

1/2 cup ( one cube ) softened butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla *you could add a little dash of peppermint too if you wanted*
1 egg

add in
2 2/3 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

I put it in the fridge for a little bit ( while I get the sprinkles ready ) just to make it a little easier to handle.

Today I took a half dozen candy canes and put them in the food processor until they were just short of a powder. I then added a little bit of red sugar sprinkles for color. I poured some onto a plate to roll the cookies in.

I took the dough from the fridge and made small balls ( they will almost double ) with it which I then pressed into the sprinkles, flattening with my fingers. This covers one side and leaves the bottom sprinkle free, I like the way they cook this way. You could also drop by spoon onto the cookie sheet and then using the bottom of a glass you have dipped in the sprinkles to flatten the dough with.

Bake at 350 for about 7 minutes, you want to catch them just before they start to brown.

These are also great with Valentine sprinkles or just in plain sugar too :)

Today I made these for Valentines day... patted them out and used a heart shaped cookie cutter.... then tried the butter cream recipe from java cupcakes to frost them. They are so good! I am not used to decorating anything, having as many kids as I did it was about how many I could make and how fast.. they could eat them faster than I could cook them.. and they could care less what they looked like. So I need a bit more ( ok a lot more  ) practice with my decorating.

~Michelle