Moms Southern Cream Cookies Recipes

MOM'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream together the shortening and the butter. Add the brown sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until well blended.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves over the creamed mixture. Mix in then stir in the raisins, nuts and dates.
• Drop cookies onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.

MOM'S RANGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl until creamy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together both amounts of flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Mix flour mixture into the liquid ingredients.
• Gently mix rolled oats, corn flakes, and coconut into the dough until thoroughly combined.
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

GREAT GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream sugar, shortening, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Mix in sour cream and lemon zest on low speed until no streaks of sour cream remain. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on medium-low just until there are no streaks of yolk, and scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder all at once and mix just to combine.
• Drop by heaping tablespoons on the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are puffy and spring back when lightly touched with a finger, about 10 minutes. They should be light golden, with occasional spots of pale golden brown.

MOM'S SOUTHERN CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and 2 cups sugar.
• Add eggs, vanilla, sour cream, lemon juice and lemon extract.
• Mix well.
• In separate bowl, mix flour with baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• Add to creamed mixture.
• Drop from spoon onto greased cookie sheet.
• Grease bottom of small glass, dip into sugar and gently press cookie flat.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

MOM-MOM BESSIE'S SOUR CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment cooking paper. Set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Mix well.
• 3. Add the eggs and beat by hand until well combined.
• 4. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix well. (Mixture will be very runny.)
• 5. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
• 6. Mix well by hand.
• 7. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
• 8. Sprinkle GENEROUSLY with cinnamon sugar or colored sugar for holiday preparation.
• 9. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cookies are browned around the edges.
• 10. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.
• 11. HINT: These cookies rise a lot!! Make sure to sprinkle generously with sugar and leave enough space between on cookie sheet. Amount of sugar called for in the recipe for decoration is approximate.

CUSTARD CREAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream 2 ounces of powdered sugar with the 6 ounces of butter or margarine. Cream well until fluffy.
• Sift the 6 ounces of flour with the baking soda, and custard powder.
• Add dry mixture to the creamed mix and combine well.
• Roll into small balls, and then flatten with the tines of a fork.
• Bake at 325°F on parchment-lined sheet, until bottoms are just turning golden.
• This should be about 8 minutes.
• Remove to cooling rack and cool completely.
• -CREAM FILLING-.
• Combine the last of the 2 ounces powdered icing sugar with the 1 ounce of room temperature butter, until creamy and spreadable.
• Spread frosting on the bottom of one cookie, and top with the bottom of another, to make a filled cookie.
• Note: This recipe is all weighed out measurements.

MOM'S SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and nutmeg. In another bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and eggs. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add sour cream and dissolved baking soda to creamed mixture. Gradually beat in flour mixture (dough will be sticky). Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Working with one-third of the batch at a time, roll dough on a well-floured surface to 1/4-in. thickness. (Cover and refrigerate remaining dough until ready to roll.) Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round or other shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. If desired, sprinkle tops with sugar and top with walnuts., Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set but not browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.