Elders

Sour Cream Christmas Cookies Recipe

from Karen Bucktooth | Seneca, Wolf Clan

Reprint from the AOA Newsletter

Karen Bucktooth

“I’ve been making this cookie recipe for 40 years. The recipe came from my mother Martha Bucktooth’s cookbook. I enjoy making these cookies and people call me every year for this Christmas cookie recipe. I don’t have the cookbook anymore but still have the recipe.

Keeping the recipe alive was tough. We wrote it down several times. It’s like another recipe… a chocolate cake I made when I was13 and my father loved it. It had buttermilk and strong black coffee and it looked like water when you got it all mixed up. Then you baked it and it was the thickest, darkest cake you have ever had. I had lost the recipe at one point and I finally found it again.

I gave this cookie recipe to all my kids. I made them each a recipe book with our favorite family recipes and they have notes at the bottom like who used to make it and where it came from. So all of these recipes came from family. In different ways. They’ve created a lot of memories. And they make everyone happy. So I enjoy cooking them and sharing them.”

Cookie recipe below:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix dry ingredients:
• 6-7 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Cream together:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture,alternating with 2 cups of sour cream.

Chill dough and roll out. Cut with cookie cutters and bake for 10-12 minutes. Decorate with your favorite frosting.