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Sour Cream

SOUR CREAM ISN’T just a topping for baked potatoes. It’s equally at home when dolloped on nachos, chili, latkes, and all sorts of soups. It’s an essential base for dips, creating a creamy texture that’s the perfect consistency for scooping. It’s also used in baking: Some of our cookie, pound cake, and coffee cake recipes rely on the pleasant, flavorful tang of sour cream.

But which sour cream is best? To find out, we rounded up four nationally available products and tasted

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