Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookie

Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookie
1/2 cup butter
1-1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup sour cream

Cream butter to the consistency of mayonnaise. Add sugar gradually while continuing to cream. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy.

Mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Add to creamed mixture, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Drop by heaping teaspoons on well greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

With spatula flatten into circles about 2 inches in diameter.
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, sugar alone, colored sugar or leave plain. Bake at 400 for 10-12 minutes