Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies

from Mom

Ingredients:

1 c butter
1 c sour cream
1 3/4 c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 1/2 c flour
chocolate chips

Directions:

Cream butter, sour cream and sugar.

Add in dry ingredients and chocolate chips.

Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes.

Mocha Ice Cream (no freezer needed)

from Fly Through Our Window

Ingredients:

1/2 sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
1/4 c sour cream
1 1/4 c heavy cream
1 heaping tsp instant coffee in 1 Tbsp boiling water
Squirt of Hershey chocolate syrup

Directions:

Mix milk, vanilla, salt & sour cream until combined.

Whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form.

Add coffee to milk mixture and add a squirt or two of Hershey's chocolate syrup (to taste).

Fold in 1/4 of the whipped cream until incorporated and then gently fold in the remainder. Place in an airtight container and freeze about 6 hours.

Sour Cream Waffles

from Williams Sonoma

Ingredients:

3 eggs
3/4 c milk
1 stick butter, melted
3/4 c sour cream
1 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp sugar

Directions:

Preheat waffle maker.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with a whisk. Beat in the milk, butter and sour cream.

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar. Add dry ingredients to wet and beat until smooth.

In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Using a rubber spatula, fold 1/2 cup of the egg whites into the batter and then carefully fold in the remaining egg whites.

Cook waffles according to waffle maker's instructions.