Sugar Cookies

This old family favorite evokes memories of my grandma, Clara, baking cookies on frosty-cold winter mornings up north.

1 C butter
2 C sugar
1 C sour cream
1 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
5-1/4 C flour (about)

Cream the butter and sugar.  Add sour cream with soda dissolved in it.  Add well-beaten eggs.  Add baking powder and vanilla extract.  Add flour.  Mix well.  Roll out on waxed paper.  Cut out cookies with a round cutter.  Sprinkle with sugar.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

Alternate:  If you plan to frost the sugar cookies, omit sprinkling sugar on the cookies before baking.