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Often time you can find different baking recipes for same dish, some are simple some complicated, even exactly the same recipe you can choice a simple way or a detour.

For example, Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies:

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup sour cream

6 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Cream butter to consistency of mayonnaise. Add sugar gradually, while continuing to cream.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.

In a separate bowl, mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

Add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream; beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Drop by teaspoons or tablespoons depending on the size cookie you want. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over the tops of the cookies. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.