Quick reply appreciated- KA Barley Sugar cookies/sour cream in cookies question

[ljt2r]

Hi:

I was going to make the sugar cookies from KA WHole Grain Baking and all I have on hand in reduced fat sour cream. I know that red. fat is ok in quick breads--do you think it will be ok in these cookies? Has anyone made them with red. fat sour cream? I also have whole milk plain yogurt if anyone thinks that will work better.... Or maybe I am foolish to even try given that they are whole grain?

TIA, Laura

[erin elizabeth]

I've never made these cookies, but I do know that yogurt is a direct and equal substitute for sour cream. As in, 1 c sour cream= 1 c yogurt.

I think I'd give that a try if I was in your situation.

[lindrusso]

I can't say for sure - only that I'd be willing to give it a try if it were me. :)

But baking can be a weird thing and what you think might work perfectly well just doesn't.

Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. :)

[ljt2r]

I can't say for sure - only that I'd be willing to give it a try if it were me. :)

But baking can be a weird thing and what you think might work perfectly well just doesn't.

Sorry I don't have a better answer for you. :)

it's DH's bday week (he requested them) AND MIL is coming. :eek: so normally I mgiht be more into experiementing. why couldn't he have requested the nutty for oats? :rolleyes: anyway, i am going to go for it--just not sure which "it" yet :p , will let everyone know how they turn out.....

[sha]

i've never used reduced fat for sugar cookies, but i have made sour cream chocolate chip cookies with reduced fat & noticed no visible difference between that & regular sour cream.

[ljt2r]

i've never used reduced fat for sugar cookies, but i have made sour cream chocolate chip cookies with reduced fat & noticed no visible difference between that & regular sour cream.

THANK YOU. :D That's the kind of advice I am lookign for. I am leaning toward sour cream at the moment (will chill overnight so haven't made yet) since I realized red. fat dairy is usually ok when baking, and KA specifically says red. fat yogurt is ok when it calls for yogurt.... so maybe it holds true for sour cream as well.

[sha]

no problem. let us know how they turn out!

[ljt2r]

I guess the real test will come tomorrow--if they go stale too fast--but for now they have cooled and are quite tasty with the red. fat sour cream. Thanks for all the advice (you can find a bigger review of these cookies on the King Arthur Whole Grain Baking cookbook thread).

Laura :D