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You guys, I almost have a toddler on my hands. No joke, Elle is legit trying to stand, and it’s kind of freaking me out. I know, I know, we’ve been working towards this day for months, but that doesn’t make it any easier to accept.

Having this baby girl grow faster and faster fills me with a sense of urgency when it comes to our new family’s Christmas traditions. I’m as eager to include Eric’s family traditions as I am my own (hello, pumpkin rolls and cherry cheesecake!). It’s for that reason I’m sharing Eric’s grandmother’s Sour Cream Cut Out Cookies with you today.

Eric and I have been spending lots of face-to-face time in the kitchen lately, thumbing through the lovely recipe book his aunt put together of all their family recipes. Such a wonderful keepsake, but I’m quickly making my way through it with Eric, planning out what we’ll make part of our new family traditions, and what we’ll make a little bit new with our own spin on things.

That’s where these Sour Cream Cut Out Cookies come in. They are most definitely going to be a new Christmas tradition, with his grandmother’s legacy recipe – these are one of the cookies we’ll leave out for Santa every year with baby Elle. And when she’s grown, I like to think that this recipe will be one of her favorites to pass on.

Amazing things happen when a new family comes together, especially when traditions from both sides create something new. We’re adoring these cookies, you guys. They’re so soft, cake-like and lovely, it’s no wonder Eric’s grandma wrote on the recipe card, “This is the one! Soft, beautiful dough – tastes good too!!” with a cute little smiley face.

These are the days, my friends, when new traditions are born in kitchens across the world. Be it Christmas, Hannukkah, or Kwanzaa, December is the month when people come together around food and family, enjoying face-to-face time and maybe even some amazing cookies too.

I hope that you enjoy a few of these Sour Cream Cut Out Cookies as part of your new family traditions too, because I promise you, they’re amazing!

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Bon Appetit. The opinions and text are all mine.

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