Description
Make soft, chewy, bakery-style sugar cookies decorated with festive Christmas sprinkles. This dough requires no chilling time, making holiday baking quick and easy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Christmas sprinkles (red, green, festive shapes)
- Extra sprinkles for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until just combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold in 1/2 cup of Christmas sprinkles into the dough.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
- Gently press the tops of the dough balls slightly with your fingers or the bottom of a glass.
- Sprinkle the tops of the cookies generously with extra festive sprinkles.
- Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden but the centers look slightly soft.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For the softest cookies, slightly underbake them; they will set as they cool.
- If you prefer a flatter cookie, roll the dough balls in extra sprinkles before baking.
- This dough works well for cutting out shapes if you chill it for 30 minutes before rolling and cutting.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 11 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 85
- Fat: 9
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 23
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 30