Soft Sugar Cookies
Belly Button Pressed

Every time I bake them, my kitchen is filled with the most wonderful aroma of sour cream blended with butter, accentuated by vanilla extract and lemon zest. The local folks call them sugar cakes.

For topping, use 4 tablespoons of sugar and raisins.

• Cream butter, sugar, lemon zest until light in color and fluffy.
  
  
  
  
• Beat in eggs and vanilla until very smooth.
  
  
  
  
• Add sour cream, and gently fold in flour, cream of tartar, salt, and baking soda until evenly incorporated.
  
  
  
• Dough will be sticky. For easy handling, chill it for at least 3 hours or until firm.
  
  
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  
  
  
• Roll dough into 1½ inch balls, place on prepared cookie sheets, spacing about 3-inches apart.
  
  
  
• Press each ball with bottom of a drinking glass covered in saran wrap and dipped in granulated sugar. Make them about 3 inches in diameter. Insert a raisin into the center of each cookie.
  
  
  
  
• Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown and the center is barely firm to touch.
  
  
• Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for about 2 minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.

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