Guilty Pleasure of the Weekend

Well, of course! I know I keep saying this, but "'Tis the Season!" I have been searching far and wide for recipes that taste just like the infamous Lofthouse cookies. I've even had baking marathons in which I mix up five different sugar cookie recipes and conduct double-blind studies with my friends and family. Well, this year my mother and I found the perfect combination in an old family recipe combined with a thick coat of Duncan Hynes frosting. Mix that that with Ghirardelli chocolate, and we're good to go! Now we're trying to see if we can make these cookies disappear....

Soft Sugar Cookies

2 c. sugar

1 c. margarine (I used ½ butter & ½ margarine.)

1 c. sour cream

2 eggs

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

6 c. flour

2 tsp. vanilla

Mix sugar and margarine; add sour cream and then the eggs--one at a time. Mix in vanilla, baking powder and soda.  Add the flour one cup at a time. The dough will be thick. Roll out thick.

Bake @ 350˚ and remove from oven before the bottoms are brown (so that they will be soft).  When you touch them, they should feel kind of firm.

Recipe makes about 4 dozen, depending on size.  Frost with a thick coating of Duncan Hynes vanilla frosting. The trick to getting them super soft is to store them in a closed container for two days. Don't cut them in too intricate of a shape or they will literally fall apart. They're that soft and delicious!

Comments

[sonya audrey]

Lofthouse sugar cookies are my absolute favorite guilty pleasure. I love them so so much, so I'll def have to give these a try!!! :) Thanks so much for posting this!

[emma lamb]

oh, i'll help you make the disappear... quickly too... ;)

[katrina]

thanks for sharing this recipe, mandi. the cookies look really good and the recipe sounds simple enough, i might just give it a try. yum yum.

[Kimbirdy]

How that sounds delicious! And looks pretty too! I've been trying to find some yummy cookie recipes for sending to people as gifts, so thanks for sharing!

[Elif Aguado]

Thank you for the recipe Mandi... My husband loves sugar cookies.. and I will try this on sunday!!!

[Ashley Serena]

Goodness, thank you for sharing your recipe! I'm excited to give it a go!

[Victoria]

I am going to try these. I hope I can do a good job. I am not much for baking, but I am good at baking chocolate chip cookies that many rave about. . .hopefully I can do the same with these? Thanks for sharing sooo much.

[jamie]

my those are pretty. nothin' better than a cookie that not only tastes good, but looks pretty too.
but i am stumbling over the margarine...yikes...that would be a hard thing for me to add to my baking...but you assure me that these are good, right?