Drop Cookies with Sour Cream

Ingredients

• ½ cup of butter
• ¼ teaspoonful of sifted soda
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2½ cups of sifted flour
• 1 egg, beaten light
• 3½ level teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• ½ cup of sour cream

Directions

1. First mix in the usual manner, stirring the soda into the cream.
2. Mix the whole together very thoroughly; the mixture will be quite stiff.
3. Drop from a spoon onto buttered tins, shaping each portion into a smooth round.
4. Dredge with granulated sugar. Bake in a moderate oven.