Our favorite soft & chewy sugar cookies get all dressed up for the
holidays! Fully decked out in jolly red and green,
Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies are one fun and festive
Christmas cookie treat. I mean, who doesn't love sprinkles, right?
You know, cookies love to get dressed up for the holidays, too! And dressed up for the holidays these jolly sugar cookies sure are.
Fully decked out in red and green, Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies are one fun and festive Christmas treat that's sure to bring on the smiles. Because as simple as they are, sprinkles just always seem to bring smiles and joy. And smiles and joy are exactly what we want to see a lot of at Christmastime.
Fully decked out in jolly red and green, Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies are one fun and festive Christmas cookie treat.
To whip up these fun and festive cookies, just mix up a batch of dough with our very favorite soft and chewy sugar cookies recipe. Then roll the unbaked dough balls in a red/green/white Christmas sprinkle mix, coating them completely, before baking. They'll bake up into soft, tender, chewy sugar cookies beautifully decorated in colorful sprinkles all around.
Serve up a platter of these dressed-up beauties for Christmas, and be ready for the smiles. Because those fun and festive sprinkles will bring on the smiles and joy, for sure.
What's to Love About This Recipe?
We love Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies as a festive Christmas treat because they are:
- Fun - Sprinkles just bring the fun and joy! It's truly hard not to smile when you're eating a sprinkle-covered treat, right?
- Flavorful - With two full teaspoons of vanilla extract in the dough, these cookies are packed with fabulously delicious flavor in every bite.
- Soft and chewy - The texture of these flavor-packed cookies is tender, soft, and chewy -- just the way we love our sugar cookies.
- Versatile to change the color scheme - Choose red, green, and white for a classic Christmas color scheme, or perhaps go with lime green and just a hint of red (or a single red heart sprinkle) for the Grinch. Want just everyday sprinkle sugar cookies instead of a Christmas theme? -- Rainbow sprinkles look amazing.
Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies Ingredients:
These sprinkle-coated sugar cookies are an embellished version of our
very favorite soft and chewy sugar cookies recipe. To whip up a batch, you'll need:
- Granulated sugar
- Unsalted butter
- Cream cheese
- Canola (or vegetable) oil
- An egg
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Sprinkles
For Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies like the ones pictured in this
post, use a red/green/white sprinkle mix.
How to Make Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies:
To get a batch of these Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies going, start by mixing up the cookie dough. The dough for these particular sugar cookies uses a combination of melted butter, canola (or vegetable) oil, and cream cheese to produce a nice and tender, chewy cookie.
Once the dough is prepared, scoop 2 tablespoons at a time and roll the dough into balls. Don't worry about making them perfect balls -- with this soft dough, rough and dimply is just fine.
Roll each dough ball in sprinkles, getting it completely coated all around.
If you have difficulty getting the sprinkles to stick well to the cookie dough balls, moisten your fingertips with a very little bit of water. Then use your fingertips to just barely moisten the entire surface of the cookie dough ball, immediately rolling the dampened dough ball in the sprinkles while it's still moist.
Place the sprinkle-coated dough balls on a cookie sheet, putting no more than 8 cookies per sheet to allow space for the cookies to spread. -- These sprinkled little beauties definitely do need some room as they bake.
Use the bottom of a drinking glass or flat-bottomed measuring cup to very slightly flatten the dough balls. And I do mean very slightly flatten -- you're just going for pressing the tops down a little bit here, not for completely squashing the dough ball.
For the cookies to bake up properly and stay soft and chewy, make sure they are NO MORE than 2-inches in diameter once flattened.
Pop the cookies in the oven to bake, baking just one sheet at a time for the best result. You'll want to bake them for 11-13 minutes, until the cookie edges are set and perhaps just barely beginning to brown.
Allow the baked cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Then you're ready to serve up a platter of these sprinkle-adorned sweet treats and watch for the smiles. Because decked out in holiday red and green, Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies are one fun and festive treat that's absolutely sure to bring those smiles on.
Recipe FAQs:
- What kind of sprinkles should I use to make Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies? -Jimmies work best to make sprinkle-coated sugar cookies, along with sanding sugar and sugar crystals if you'd like. We do not recommend using non-pareils, sugar pearls/dragees, or confetti sprinkles/quins for the unpleasant texture they create as a coating.
- Can I make Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies in a Grinch theme instead of red, white, and green? - Of course you can make sprinkle sugar cookies in a Grinch theme! We recommend rolling the cookies in lime green sprinkles to coat, and then placing on a single large red heart sprinkle before baking.
- Can I use any sugar cookie recipe to make Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies? - You can certainly try other sugar cookie dough recipes to make sprinkle-coated sugar cookies, but we can't guarantee the sprinkles will readily stick to the dough. We have tried this sprinkle method with a couple of other doughs, and the sprinkles did not adhere well. We've found this dough to work quite well in getting the sprinkles to stick.
- What do I do if I'm having trouble getting the sprinkles to stick to my sugar cookie dough? - Some sprinkles are more challenging than others when it comes to sticking to sugar cookie dough. If you're having difficulty getting the sprinkles to stick, moisten your fingertips with a little water. Then use your fingertips to just barely moisten the entire surface of the cookie dough ball, immediately rolling the dampened cookie dough ball in the sprinkles.
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Yield: about 24 cookies
Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies
Our favorite soft & chewy sugar cookies get all dressed up for the holidays! Fully decked out in jolly red and green, Christmas Sprinkle-Coated Sugar Cookies are one fun and festive Christmas cookie treat. I mean, who doesn't love sprinkles, right?
Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
Cookie Dough:
- 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened & cut into 8 pieces
- 6 T. unsalted butter, melted & still warm
- 1/3 c. canola or vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 T. milk (whole milk is best)
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
For Rolling:
- about 1 c. red/green/white Christmas sprinkles mix (jimmies)
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt . Set aside.
- Place sugar and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Pour warm melted butter over them and whisk to combine (don't worry if there are a few small lumps of cream cheese after whisking).
- Whisk in oil until just incorporated. Add egg, milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk until mixture is smooth.
- Add flour mixture. By hand with a rubber spatula, mix until well combined to form a soft dough.
- Place the sprinkles for rolling in a small shallow bowl.
- Scoop 2 tablespoons dough at a time and roll into balls. -- Don't worry about making them perfect balls; rough and dimply is just fine.
- Roll each dough ball in sprinkles to coat and set on cookie sheet, placing no more than 8 cookies per sheet (to allow space for cookies to spread).
- With the bottom of a drinking glass or measuring cup, very slightly flatten dough balls (making sure they are NO MORE than 2-inches in diameter).
- Bake at 350℉, one sheet at a time, for 11-13 minutes, until cookie edges are set.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
TRACEY'S NOTES:
- If you're having difficulty getting the sprinkles to stick well to the cookie dough balls, moisten your fingertips with a little water. Then use your fingertips to just barely moisten the entire surface of the cookie dough ball, immediately rolling the dampened cookie dough ball in the sprinkles.
- Jimmies-type sprinkles work best for making Sprinkle Sugar Cookies. Sanding sugar and sugar crystals also work. Other types can be difficult to get to stick to the dough, or create an unpleasant crunch on the baked cookies. -- For these reasons, we do not recommend using non-pareils, sugar pearls/dragees, or confetti sprinkles/quins for the unpleasant texture they create as a coating.
- When pressing the dough balls down to flatten them, just flatten them a very little bit. Make sure they end up NO MORE than 2-inches in diameter. Flattening them too much causes them to bake up too thin, which also makes them crisp instead of soft and chewy.
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Perfect with a cup of coffee after a long day of shopping. Yum! Thanks for sharing at the Lazy Gastronome’s What’s for Dinner party! Have a fabulous week and Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYour cookies are the best! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, 567 and hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMiz Helen