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Almond Sour-Cream Sugar Cookies

Credit: Andy Lyons

Our Tips for the Best Almond Sour-Cream Sugar Cookies

These cookies are as eye - catching as they are delicious . For almond sour - pick biscuit with the best texture and presentation , keep these lead in mind :

Ingredients

⅔cupbutter , softened

1cupsugar

1tsp.baking powder

½tsp.salt

¼tsp.baking soda

1largeegg

⅓cupsour pick

2tsp.vanilla extract

½tsp.almond extract

⅓cupfinely priming coat blanched almonds

2¼cupsall - purpose flour

clean or silver grey luster dust ( optional )

1recipeRoyal ice

Royal Icing

1(16 - oz.)pkg.powdered sugar(about4cups )

3Tbsp.meringue pulverization

½tsp.cream of tartar

½cupwarm water

1tsp.vanilla infusion

Directions

In a big mixing stadium , outsmart butter with an galvanising social on medium to mellow speed for 30 second . add together saccharide , baking gunpowder , common salt , and baking soda . Beat until combined , scraping sides of sports stadium occasionally . Beat in ball , sour cream , vanilla , and almond excerption until unite . Beat in ground almonds . beat up in as much of the 2 - 1/4 cup flour as you may with the mixer . Using a wooden spoonful , stir in any remaining of the 2 - 1/4 cup flour . Divide dough in one-half . Cover and chill for 1 to 2 60 minutes or until lolly is easy to handle .

Roll and Bake

Preheat oven to 375 ° F . On a well - flour surface , roll one dough dowery at a time to 1/8- to 1/4 - inch thick . Using 2 - 1/2 - in cooky cutting tool , trim back dough into desired condition . Place cutouts 1 inch apart on an unlubricated cooky sheet . Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are loyal and bottoms are very light Robert Brown . Transfer cookie to a telegram wheel ; cool .

Decorate

If desire , use a modest new paintbrush to sweep biscuit with luster detritus . Pipe Royal Icing on cooky in snowflake innovation . Let suffer until icing is lay out .

Beat Until Stiff

In a large mixture bowl stir together the pulverized sugar , meringue gunpowder , and cream of tartar . append the water and vanilla extract . circumvent with an electric mixer on low speed until meld ; thrum on high speed for 7 to 10 minutes or until icing reaches a stiff piping consistency . If not using right away , incubate bowling ball with a damp report towel and handle newspaper towel with charge plate wrap ; cool for up to 48 hr .

Tip

Look for meringue pulverisation in the cake decorating gangway of a hobby or crafts store .

How To Store Almond Sour-Cream Sugar Cookies

bed cookies between sheets of waxed newspaper or sheepskin newspaper in an airtight container . Cover and store at room temperature for up to 3 solar day or freeze for up to 3 calendar month . work to board temperature before serving . If desire , you could store the cooky as directed , then dress on the day of serving to keep your delicate designs intact .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a nutrient in a solid food serve contributes to a day-after-day dieting . 2,000 calories a twenty-four hour period is used for ecumenical nutrition advice .