The Emporium's Famous Sugar Cookies

I live in Lehi, Utah, fairly close to Thanksgiving Point. It hosts a dinosaur museum, Farm Country, art studio, movie theater and - especially great - The Emporium. It's a shop that makes me drool & wish I had a bigger home decor budget!

They also offer some amazing foods there (and cooking classes in their kitchens). One of the best things they have there are these sugar cookies.

I'm thinking they'd be awesome for Valentine's Day! If you have the piping skills, you can make them especially pretty.

Enjoy! :)


The Emporium's Famous Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp almond extract

1 egg

1/2 cup sour cream

3 1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt



Cream butter & sugar together. Add egg, vanilla and almond extracts, and mix well. Add sour cream and mix until blended. Sift dry ingredients together. Add dry ingredients until blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 to 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough out onto lightly floured surface to about 1/8" thick. Dip cookie cutter in flour and cut out cookies into desired shapes. Bake on cookie sheets for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are pale golden. Cool on wire racks.