italian dessert recipes

Cinnamon Sour Cream Cookies

"An Italian Cookie Recipe with a twist"




sour cream cookie These cinnamon sour cream cookies are a lot like a sugar cookie in texture and flavor.

The big difference is added sour cream and cinnamon. Personally I could use a little more of a sour cream flavor. But I have yet to find the exact ratio to get what I want. So I posted it EXACTLY how I've been making it.

Have you ever had a cook book that just seems to do no wrong? Well this little cook book I found in Wal Mart 20 years ago is that way. Fiddle around with it - see what you get.

This sour cream cookie probably has a few things that can be substituted. See substitutions and FAQs for some ideas.

If this wasn't the type of sour cream cookie recipe you were looking for - see my caramel cookie recipe - it calls for sour cream. Too, scroll below and see the whole list of Italian Cookie Recipes I have on my site.

Lisa

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Cinnamon Sour Cream Cookies

YIELD: 2 Dozen

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter at room temperature

1/2 cup of sugar

2 tablespoons sour cream

1 large egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups of flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon



Procedure

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees

* Cream butter, sugar, and sour cream in large bowl.

* Beat in egg yolk and then vanilla.

* Add remaining ingredients just until combined.

* Roll dough until 1/4 inch thick. I sandwich between two pieces of wax paper! If needed, chill dough while you clean up. Sometimes chilled dough is easier to work with.

* Cut into desired shape with cookie cutters.

* Place 1 inch apart on UNGREASED cookie sheet. Sprinkle tops with sugar if you wish.

* Bake for 8-10 minutes. JUST UNTIL set and edges are lightly golden.



Recipe found in All The Best Cookies by Joie Warner





Can shortening in place of the butter?

Nope! The butter sour cream combo really flavors the cookie. Even a butter shortening can't capture this.


Can I add nuts?

You *can*, but again - this is about the cinnamon sour cream flavor. Nuts may become too dominant if you add them.


What happens if I leave out the cinnamon?

Nothing. They just taste incredibly boring - like a basic sour cream cookie.

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Other Italian Cookie Recipes


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Amaretto Cookies

Almond Cookie Recipe

Anisette Cookies

Apricot Bars

Bourbon Ball Recipe

anisette cookies Breakfast Cookie Recipe

Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe

Butterscotch Bars

Cappuccino Cookies

Caramel Cookie Recipe

Cherry Chocolate Bars

coffee brownies Chocolate Cookie Bars

Chewy Ginger Cookies

Chocolate Raisin Cookies

Chocolate Macaroons

Chocolate Mint Cookies

Coconut Macaroon Cookies

italian cookie recipes 03 Coffee Brownies

Cornflake Cookies

Date Cookies

Date Bars

Eggnog Cookie Recipe

Florentine Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

italian cookie recipes 04 Homemade Granola Recipe

Italian Fig Cookies

Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe

Kourabiedes

Lemon Cookie Recipe

Lemon Shortbread Recipe

italian cookie recipes 01 Meringue Cookie Recipe

Mint Brownie Recipe

Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Orange Cookies

Pizzelle Recipe

Pumpkin Bars

Ricotta Cheese Cookies

Rum Ball Recipe

Sesame Seed Cookies

Sour Cream Cookies



Lisa Gianotti Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are:

FAST

Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture)

And freeze-aheads

A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist)

Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5)

Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum)

Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that.

Lisa


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