Why You Need To Try These Delicious Spring Sugar Cookies!
Nothing says Spring like my delicious Spring sugar cookies that are soft sugar cookies, decorated like flowers and butterflies! Topped with a cream cheese frosting, they’re a perfect way to usher in the fresh new season.
Why I love Spring sugar cookies
Hey y’all, Tiffany here.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been making these sour cream Spring sugar cookies with my mom. I continued doing that as an adult in college. My mom even mailed some no bake cookies to me both Christmases that I was a missionary in Puerto Rico!
When Phillip and I were first married and his family came out for our December wedding, my mother-in-law tried these cookies and fell in love. After they went home, she emailed me to ask for the recipe so she could make them with my new brother-and sister-in-law. They’ve now become a family tradition in her household, too!
Everyone I’ve ever introduced to these cookies has told me that they taste so much better than traditional cookies – and they’re right. Try them for yourself and see!
The best part about these Spring sugar cookies is they work for any holiday, not just Christmas! You just need the right amount cookie dough and your favorite cookie cutters!
Sour Cream Cookies
The “secret” ingredient for these sour cream Spring cookies is in the name – the sweet treats are sour cream!
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 5 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
Directions
Cream together:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 2 eggs
Add in:
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Mix together and then slowly stir in:
- 5 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
Be careful not to over-beat! . Roll dough out on a floured surface to 3/4″. Cut the dough into circles or use cookie cutters to cut these cookies with cream cheese frosting into whichever shapes you’d like!
Bake at 425* for 5 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting. While you wait for them to bake and cool, if you’re making these with your kiddos, you can play this Free Printable Spring Memory Match Game or make this adorable Coffee Filter Butterfly.
Cream Cheese Frosting
You can’t enjoy these cookies without topping and icing them with cream cheese frosting! It’s super easy to dye for each occasion.
Ingredients
- 1 cube (1/2 cup) butter
- 8 oz softened cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup milk
- up to 5 cups powdered sugar
Directions
Beat together:
- 1 cube (1/2 cup) butter
- 1 pack (8 oz) softened cream cheese
Add:
- 1 tsp vanilla
Alternate adding these items while beating:
- 1/4 total cup milk
- Up to 5 cups of powdered sugar
You need to alternate adding sugar and milk so it doesn’t clump! Keep on beating until smooth and at the desired texture. If mix is too runny, just add a bit of powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add egg and a tiny bit of milk.
Tip: this is my favorite frosting cookie recipe, for cinnamon rolls!
Decorated Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Here are some amazing ideas on how to decorate these cookies for spring.
Decorating and photos done by Sara Welburn Photography.
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These delicious but easy sour cream sugar cookies with a cream cheese frosting are light and fluffy, and they are are perfect for cutting into fun shapes with cookie cutters!
Topped with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting, these cookies are perfecting for making and decorating with your children to share with others.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cubes butter (1 1/2 cups)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 5 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 pack (8 oz) softened cream cheese
- 1/4 cup milk
- 5 cups of powdered sugar
Instructions
Cookies
- Cream together the sugar, 1 cup (2 cubes) butter, and eggs.
- Add in sour cream and 1 tsp vanilla
- Mix together
- Slowly stir in flour, salt, and baking soda
- Be careful not to over-beat!
- Roll our onto a floured surface to 3/4" thickness.
- Cut into circles or use cookie cutters.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 5 minutes. Allow to cool completely before decorating.
Frosting
- Beat together 1 cube butter and cream cheese
- Add 1 tsp vanilla
- Alternate adding powdered sugar and milk while beating
- You need to alternate or else it will clump up
- Keep on beating until smooth and at the desired texture
- If mix is too runny, just add a bit of powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add a tiny bit of milk.
These spring sour cream sugar cookies also go great with our other spring posts:
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- Free Spring Printables for Kids
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