This surprising ingredient for great sugar cookies might already be in your fridge
If the sour cream in your refrigerator tends to only be used as a topping for a baked potato or the backbone of a creamy dip, you might be missing out on a tasty hack for baked goods.
Sour cream helps in two ways: It keeps the texture of a dough or batter moist as it bakes (and beyond), and it adds body to the flavor as well. Especially in the context of a frosted sugar cookie, the same tang that makes it “sour” cream can also balance out overwhelming sweetness.
A version of this story originally published in the Bradenton Herald.
This story was originally published February 23, 2022 at 2:23 PM.