Soft Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles

Soft Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles are a cookie lovers dream! These light cookies are filled with sprinkles and are perfect Christmas sugar cookies to leave for Santa but really great for any holiday. Load them up with festive sprinkles and then watch them disappear!    

Easy Sprinkle Cookies

There is something about cookies with sprinkles that make people happy. They are bright, cheery and perfect to celebrate a holiday with. I remember being a little girl and going to the bakery with my grandmother. Of course, I always chose the cookie with lots of colored sprinkles. While it's nice to pick up pretty cookies at a bakery, these are easy enough to make at home.  No cookie cutters, rolling pin or special equipment required to make this sugar cookie recipe!

These are one of my family's favorite festive Christmas sugar cookies and I love adding them to my holiday cookie tray so they are sitting next to Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread and my Peppermint Sandwich Cookie Brownies . But the fact is that they are a perfect festive cookie for any occasion. I made some and added fall sprinkles. Why not have cookies on your Thanksgiving table too? Of course I want these at birthday parties with fun multi colored sprinkles. And at Easter time, some pretty pastel sprinkles are great to load these cookies with.

The best part is that there are sprinkles in the dough then the soft sugar cookies get topped with more sprinkles before baking. You really cannot have too many sprinkles on Christmas sugar cookies or really any cookies for a festive occasion!

Ingredients Needed

• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• salt
• unsalted butter
• sugar
• vanilla extract
• large eggs
• sour cream
• lots of sprinkles

How to Make this Sprinkle Cookie Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set the flour mixture aside.
• Cream butter with a mixer on medium speed (or by hand) until smooth. Mix in the sugar and beat for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract, egg and sour cream. Mix until well combined, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl. Add in the mixed dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Make sure not to overmix. Add ½ cup of sprinkles and gently stir in by hand.
• Roll the dough into balls and place 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Press the top of the cookie dough balls with a glass to flatten. Dip each disc into more sprinkles on one side.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should be completely set, but the centers will look slightly under cooked. Place the baking sheets on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes as the cookies will continue to slightly cook . Remove cookies with a spatula.
• Repeat with remaining dough to make the rest of the cookies.

See recipe card below for exact ingredient amounts and instructions.

Storing Cookies

Store chewy sugar cookies in an air tight container at room temperature for up to a week. Do not refrigerate as this will dry them out and they will lose their chewy texture.

Soft Sugar Cookie Baking Tips

The texture of these cookies are soft, light and a bit on the chewy side. Here are the best baking tips to make these sugar sprinkle cookies super delicious.

• The sugar cookie dough is easiest to make using an electric stand or hand mixer. They can be done by hand but be sure to use a sturdy wooden spoon and be prepared to use some strength.   
• Sprinkles get added at the end and make sure to gently mix them in. Also be careful not to overmix the dough.
• For perfect cookie formation, roll the dough balls then use a glass to flatten them into a nice cookie shape.
• These cookies are best when they are slightly under baked so they stay soft and chewy. They will get removed from the oven but will still continue to cook as they cool on the pan.
• Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper. This makes the cookies soft and it is easy clean up.
• I use 3 pans to fit all the cookies as this recipe makes 3 dozen. If you have less pans and need to make the cookies in batches, the baking pans must be cooled down before making a new batch of cookies.  
• For a firmer, thicker cookie, the dough can be refrigerated for 2 hours before shaping and baking. 

Variations

• It is so much fun to change up the colorful sprinkles! These chewy sprinkle cookies can be made for Christmas, Valentine's day, or really any special occasion. I like to make them with rainbow sprinkles for birthdays too or really anytime you want a special bakery cookie.
• You can add a teaspoon of almond extract, lemon extract or really your favorite extract to change the flavor of the buttery cookies.
• Serve the cookies with ice cream and let everyone make mini ice cream sandwiches!

Sugar Cookie FAQs

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