Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

What you'll need:

Cookies

2 cups sugar

1 cup shortening

1 cup sour cream

2 eggs

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

5 cups flour

1 tsp vanilla 

1tsp nutmeg

Frosting

1 pkg cream cheese-softened

6 tsp butter

1 to 2 tsp vanilla 

bag of powdered sugar

Cookies

Cream sugar, shortening together. Add sour cream and eggs. Cream together. Sift in the dry ingredients then mix. Add in the vanilla and nutmeg. Cream everything together and chill for at least an hour.

Pre-heat the over to 375, bake for 10-12 minutes. We cut ours onto festive shapes. Use a lot of flour on the surface and roller to make sure the dough doesn't stick.

Frosting

Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add 1-2 tsp vanilla and 3 cups powdered sugar. Cream together. Add more powdered sugar until you have reached your desired sweetness. I used about 4 cups. You can add food coloring to the mix to get fun colors. 

This makes approximately 40 cookies, depending on how much you cycle back after cutting the shapes.