Sprinkle Cookies Recipe - Soft Cookies with Sprinkles (2024)

If you’re looking for a fun cookie that can be enjoyed all year round, these Sprinkle Cookies are for you! Sprinkles make everything more fun, right??

These Sprinkle Cookies are perfectly soft cookies with tons of colorful sprinkles! They melt in your mouth with just the right amount of sweetness.

I have finally found something that makes grocery stores down here superior to what I left behind in Ohio. The three grocery stores that I cycle between down here all have freebies for kids- mainly in the form of cookies. Some have sugar cookies, others chocolate chip.

But Publix? Publix has sprinkle cookies.

I don’t know what it is with kids and sprinkles. I’m sure that I was like this when I was younger too, but Jonathan is just getting to the age where everything that has sprinkles on it is automatically superior in every way compared to the same item with no sprinkles.

I mean, I get it. They’re bright and fun and colorful. I assume they’re probably made of sugar. I couldn’t believe it when Jonathan chose sprinkle cookies over chocolate chip cookies when we were grocery shopping, but he does 100% of the time now.

But the other day, disaster struck. They were out of cookies. I’ll let you guess what kind of World War III level of devastation was displayed by my three year old whenthat sort of life-altering information was doled out.

I figured that I better just learn how to make some freakin’ sprinkle cookies.

So I Googled, and Smitten Kitchen came up. I have found that she pretty much knows what she’s talking about, and I really didn’t want to get into a whole “trial and error” baking session, so I used her recipe with some minor adaptations.

These were SO good. Pretty easy to mix up, Jonathan loved rolling the cookies in the sprinkles, and they stayed just soft enough.Jonathan loves them too, so now that we can have them at home, I’ll have to find another way to keep him excited about going to the store with me. Maybe the balloons…

Making these sprinkle cookies is really pretty simple. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. While the oven is preheating, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Next, add in the cream cheese, egg and extracts, and beat together until mixed, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Sprinkle the salt, baking powder and baking soda over top and stir in.

Once those ingredients are combined, mix in the flour until just combined, being careful not to over mix. Over mixing causes the cookies to be tough, and no one likes tough cookies!

After you’ve made the dough, line two baking sheets with parchment paper and pour the sprinkles into a bowl. Scoop up a ball of dough (approximately two tablespoons of dough) and roll between your hands into a two inch ball. Roll the ball of cookie dough in the sprinkles to coat, then place on the baking sheet.

Repeat these steps with the remaining dough balls, making sure to space them approximately 2 inches apart. Use a glass to flatten the cookies until they are half an inch tall.

After you’ve rolled all the dough, bake the cookies in the preheated oven for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet.

These sprinkle cookies are a nice change up from the traditional red and green cookies you see during the holiday season! They’re great for adding to cookie trays, or just keeping around the house to snack on! If you do keep them at home, be sure to store them in an airtight container.

What you’ll need for these soft cookies with sprinkles:

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• Sprinkles- These[easyazon_link identifier=”B001K7Q5PQ” locale=”US” tag=”gogogogo03-20″]Rainbow sprinkles[/easyazon_link] are the way to go for having the perfect sprinkles you need for your cookies!

If you love these rainbow Sprinkle Cookies, try these out too:

• Soft Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies