Berlin Drops

Another family favorite

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg  
1/2 cup sour cream (you can use soured whipping cream/half and half or sour cream)
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda in 1 tsp hot water 
1 tsp vanilla
chopped nuts, if desired
cinnamon sugar mixture
Pecan or Walnut halves or marischino cheeries

Directions   Cream butter and sugar, add egg, mix.  Add sour cream and mix.   Add the soda/water and vanilla, mix, add flour and mix.    This mixture is sticky and looks more like a very thick cake batter than cookie dough.    Using 2 teaspoons drop dough into cinnamon sugar mixture (2nd spoon is used like a spatula to get the dough off the spoon and then to roll the dough in the cinnamon/sugar).
Garnish with nut or cherry if desired

 Bake 10 -12 mins in a 350 degree oven