Sour Cream Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Sour Cream Chocolate Sugar Cookies

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*1 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

*1/2 cup Extra Light Olive Oil

*1/4 cup Light Sour Cream

*1 3/4 cups Granulated Sugar

*3 teaspoons Honey

*2 Eggs

*2 teaspoon Vanilla

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

*1 teaspoon Sea Salt

*5 cups All-purpose Flour, plus 2 tablespoons

*1/3-1/2 cup Special Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder, like Hershey’s or use 1/4 cup cocoa powder and 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips, melted

*1/2 cup Corn Starch

**Extra Granulated Sugar, for dipping glass jar

*Cookie Scoop

*Glass Jar, etc…

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In a stand mixer medium-low, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, honey, vanilla extract and sea salt. Mix until light yellow in color.

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Drizzle in the oil and melted chocolate chips into the creamed mixture. Then add 1 egg at a time mix until combined.

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In a bowl with strainer for sifting add the dry ingredients and sift together the dry ingredients: All-purpose flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, cream of tartar and baking soda.

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Add Slowly and incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients on lowest speed or hand stir, doing this will help so the dough won’t become too tough.

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Use a 3 tablespoon cookie scoop heaped with cookie dough or use 3-4 tablespoons dough rolled in a ball and press down each ball with the bottom of a glass keeping them about 2/3 inch thickness, dipping the glass (2 3/4 inches across the bottom of glass) granulated sugar (use small saucer with around 1/4 cup sugar). I also like to use a round cookie cutter (3 1/4 inches)to help not press the dough to thin and to keep them relatively the same size.

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Place cookie dough balls on a room temperature, Silpat covered, 1\2 baking sheets.

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Bake the cookies in a preheated oven 350*F. for 9-10 minutes. (If you choose to make smaller cookies adjust the baking time as needed.)

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Cool cookies on the baking sheet. Then place cookies in an airtight container in fridge or double bag them and keep in the freeze until ready to frost and eat.

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Keep frosted cookies in an airtight container in the fridge, but best eaten right away.

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Serve cookies cold.

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Makes 33-36 Cookies

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Chocolate Frosting

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup Sour Cream

*4 tablespoons Heavy Cream, more if needed for thinning

*1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

*pinch Sea Salt

*1/2 cup Cocoa Powder, can use Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder

*3 1/2 -4 cups Powder Sugar

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In a stand mixer with paddle attachment on low spread cream together: Butter, sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla extract and sea salt.

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In a bowl sift together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder and then gradually add to the creamed mixture until totally combined, adding extra cream to desired consistency for frosting. Frost Cookies and refrigerate.

Sour Cream Chocolate Sugar