I love these old recipes where you are just given a list of ingredients and assume the maker knows how to put them all together! My mother taught us a very specific order for baking — first mix the butter (I used butter, not margarine) and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla, and then the dry ingredients. For this recipe, I alternated dry ingredients and sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour. I also let the dough sit in the refrigerator for an hour or so to make rolling easier.
Never mind the recipe. Assume that is your daughter–she is delightful and so delighted over the cookies!
I so appreciate glimpsing the world through your eyes and camera.
Rosemary's Blog 
December 18, 2014 at 7:33 am
Cookie baking was one of my favorite things about Christmas, so I loved this. And thanks for including the recipe!
December 18, 2014 at 7:50 am
A question: it says “soft margarine.” Do you combine the margarine, sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream and then work in the flour?
December 18, 2014 at 9:11 am
I love these old recipes where you are just given a list of ingredients and assume the maker knows how to put them all together! My mother taught us a very specific order for baking — first mix the butter (I used butter, not margarine) and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla, and then the dry ingredients. For this recipe, I alternated dry ingredients and sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour. I also let the dough sit in the refrigerator for an hour or so to make rolling easier.
December 18, 2014 at 9:13 am
Thanks!
December 18, 2014 at 8:46 pm
Never mind the recipe. Assume that is your daughter–she is delightful and so delighted over the cookies!
I so appreciate glimpsing the world through your eyes and camera.
December 19, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Yes, that photo of my daughter is 20+ years old!
December 17, 2018 at 8:48 am
Love the cookie pictures-& making them with kids is the most fun.