It’s been exactly one year since I first posted on Sugar Dusted Sweets, and I want to celebrate with the recipe for these Sugar Sprinkle Cookies! I challenged myself to create, test, and post a new recipe each week, and I am so proud that I accomplished that goal. I’ve been having so much fun with this blog, and I have many more recipes in mind, so I’m excited to see where this takes me!
Sprinkles make me happy and remind me of celebration, so I made Sugar Sprinkle Cookies! They’re an easy to make, classic sugar cookie with bright, colorful sprinkles. The edges are crispy, the insides are chewy, and they’re buttery and sweet.
How to Make Sugar Sprinkle Cookies
Making the Dough
My celebration cookies are easy to make, don’t need any chilling, and require only one bowl for easy clean-up! To make the cookies, simply cream together the butter and sugar, stir in the egg, vanilla, baking powder, and baking soda, mix in the flour, and finally, fold in the sprinkles. That’s it! Scoop the cookies onto a baking sheet in 2 tablespoon measures and gently flatten each cookie with your hand before baking.
Baking
Bake the cookies at 350°F for 10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden and the centers are set. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, gently bang the tray on the stovetop or countertop to deflate the cookies. Side note – warn those around you that you’re going to make a noise! I definitely made my husband jump the first time I made these. After the cookies are fully baked, transfer them to a cooling rack and cool fully. Enjoy!
Serving and Storage
Store the Sugar Sprinkle Cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days. You can store for longer by freezing the dough to bake fresh, or simply freezing the baked cookies. To freeze cookie dough, form the dough into balls on a cookie sheet and freeze until solid. Then transfer to a container or sealable bag and freeze until ready to bake, up to 2 months. Bake the frozen dough at 350°F for 12 minutes.
These Sugar Sprinkle Cookies taste like a celebration! The bright colors, buttery-sweet flavor, crisp edges, and soft center all come together to form a cookie that makes me smile with every bite. Thanks for coming along with me this past year. I’m excited to see what will happen in the next one!
If you enjoyed this recipe, check out some of my other favorites! I love all of the recipes that I have created this year, but these are ones that I am especially proud of. Click the image to go to the recipe!
Sugar Sprinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup (160 g) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp (4 g) vanilla extract
- ½ tsp (2 g) baking powder
- ½ tsp (2 g) baking soda
- ¼ tsp (~1 g) salt
- 1½ cup (200 g) all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup (50 g) sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the softened butter and granulated sugar.
- Mix in the egg, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the flour and stir to combine.
- Fold in the sprinkles.
- Scoop the cookies onto a baking sheet in 2 tbsp measures. Lightly flatten each cookie with your hand.
- Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden and the centers are set. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, gently bang the tray on the stovetop or countertop to deflate the cookies.
- Allow to cool on a cooling rack and enjoy!
These were delicious sugar cookies, as promised! I didn’t bang my tray to deflate my cookies, so mine didn’t look as flat as those in the picture. Is there a way to flatten without banging? I use a baking stone and am afraid of breaking it.
Great question! You can also flatten the cookies with your hand before baking, which will prevent them from puffing up too much.
Made them again and your tip worked great!
Oh good! I’m so happy you loved this recipe and made it again! Thank you so much!