Homemade St. Patrick’s Day Sour Cream Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t complete without St. Patrick’s Day Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting! Dye the cream cheese frosting green for a lucky cookie. It’s a great St. Patrick’s Day activity for kids! These sour cream sugar cookies are perfect for rolling and cutting into fun shapes!
Hey y’all, Tiffany here, and I’ve got a sugar cookie recipe here for some delicious St. Patrick’s Day sour cream sugar cookies with a cream cheese frosting!
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been making these sour cream sugar cookies with my mom. I continued doing that as an adult in college. My mom even mailed 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 sugar cookies – and they’re right. Try them for yourself and see!
We love using shamrock cookie cutters, then serving them up on a platter right next to these adorable Shamrock Plants.
The best part about these sour cream sugar cookies is they work for any holiday, not just Saint Patrick’s Day! You just need the right cookie cutters!
While they’re baking, your kiddos can do some of these fun st patricks day coloring sheets.
One fun idea for these cookies is you can leave them out with your leprechaun traps, then learn how to make leprechaun footprints to make it look as if the leprechauns have come and eaten cookies and triggered the traps!
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
The “secret” ingredient for these sour cream sugar cookies is in the name – the 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 out on a floured surface to 1/4″. Cut into circles or use cookie cutters to cut and shape these sour cream sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting into whichever shapes you’d like!
Bake at 425* for 5 minutes. Allow dough to cool completely before frosting.
While they bake, your kiddo can do these fun St Patricks Day color by number printables to keep busy while they wait, or your older children might enjoy this St Patrick’s Day Addition riddles printable.
Cream Cheese Frosting
You can’t enjoy these sour cream sugar cookies without topping 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 the mix is too runny, just add a bit of powdered sugar. If it is too thick, add a tiny bit of milk.
Tip: this is my favorite frosting recipe for cinnamon rolls!
Decorated Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Here are some amazing ideas on how to decorate these sour cream sugar cookies for St. Patrick’s Day.
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 1/4" 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.
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I am very nervous about this. The recipe says to roll out to 3/4 of an inch thickness. Is that POSSIBLY correct?? Did you mean 1/4 inch thick? Its type as 3/4 in the recipe AND in the body of the blog/post/article.
You are correct – it is 1/4 inch thickness. Sorry about the confusion!