Sugar Glazed Cookies

Sugar Glazed Cookies

Enjoy these beautiful cookies with coffee, milk, or tea.

  • 20
  • 25 minutes
  • 30 minutes

Ingredients

Dough Ingredients:

  • 250 grams of sour cream
  • 250 grams of kefir or buttermilk
  • 1.5 to 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 900 grams to 1 kg of flour

Glaze Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of sugar
  • ½ cup water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  2. Combine sour cream, kefir (or buttermilk), sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well and let stand for about 10 minutes.
  3. Slowly add the flour and mix very well. The batter should not be too stiff, but should be cohesive to not fall apart.
  4. Roll the dough to a thickness of a bit less than an inch.
  5. Take a cookie cutter and cut.
  6. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  7. Place the pieces onto the baking trays.
  8. Place the trays in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown.
  9. Once baked, take the trays out of the oven, remove the cookies and place all of them into a large bowl to cool.
  10. Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan and take it to a boil.
  11. Continue boiling this mixture for 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  12. Remove the mixture from heat and cover the baked cookies with it.
  13. Stir the cookies for 5 minutes non-stop, until well coated. Let cool.